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VOLUME IX .
E . ELMER BENNETT ,
E dito r• in · Chief.
EDGAR
H. McBRIDE ,
Assistant Edito r.
�J. Chas. Linthicum, Senator from the third district of Balt imore City, was
born at Linthicum, Anne Arundel County, November 26, 1867, of English descent
and of a family that t races its history back to the co lonial days.
Mr. Linthicum received his early education in the public schoo ls of his native
county, and of Baltimore City, later he entered the Normal School from which he
graduated in 1886, after which he became principal of Braddock School, Frederick
County, which position he so capably filled. Returning to Baltimore he took a
special course in the Historical and Political Departments of Johns Hopkins
University, from there he entered the Maryland University School of Law where
he grad uated in 1890 with the degree LL.B. He has since been engaged in the
practice of law in Baltimore City, under the firm name of J. Charles Linthicum
& Bro. He also fills the chair of Medical Jurisprudence in the Maryland Medical
College, which has conferred upon him the honorary degree of M.D.
Mr. Linthicum has always taken great interest in the political affairs of both
state and city, in the we!fare of which he is deeply interested. In 1903 he was
elected to the House of Delegates from Baltimore City. During the session of the
Legislature, Mr. Linthicum served on many important committees, also as chairman of the City Delegation, and performed valuable services for the interest of
the State. In 1905 he was elected to the State Senate from the third district of
Baltimore City, and in this capacity served in many important positions, at all
times proving himself worthy of the confidence and trust the people of Baltimore
City have reposed in him.
Although Mr. Linthicum is not an alumnus of this institution, his interests
have always been very closely affiliated with St. John's, having had two brothers
who graduated here.
In 1904 Mr. Linthicum served as chairman of the committee
appointed by the Legislature to inspect St. John's College; it was largely owing
to their favorable report and his earnest support that our appropriation was
increased.
Probably no one has done more in a quiet and unassuming way for this venerable institution than Mr. Linthicum, and it is to show our respect and appreciation
that we respectfully dedicate this issue of our annual to him.
J. CHAS. LINTHICUM.
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�Introduction.
m:>et:Jication .
TO
THE HoN.
J.
CHAS . LINTHICUM,
OuR FRIEND AND BENEFACTOR,
THIS
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RE SPECTFULLY DEDICATED
BY THE CLASS OF
In plac in g before the public this volume, t he first fruits of our liter ary labors
we are too conscious of our m any shortcom ings to hope that the work will n ot be
subj ected to the consuming fire of publi c criti c: isrn,- not of the mild and harmless
nature, bu t t he kind that destroys all at one fell swoo p , leaving its charred remains
as a monument to its m emory. We hope nevert heless that the consideration that
t his is our maiden effort, may temper this crit icism to something like the friend ly
warmth of sympathy from those for whose eye t he book is primarily intended.
Ever since t he Class of '97 became so wise that they determined to give definite
shape to t heir budding genius in t he form of a book, it h as fallen to t he lot
of each su cceeding Junior Class to maintain th e law of precedent. H ence it is, that
we set ourselves, unskilled as we are, to the task of editing this book, which we hope
whether it stands the t est of higher critic ism or not, may stand the t est of time,
may ser ve its purpose well , and m ay rem ain a m on umen t to our Co llege and to the
Class of 1907 .
R emembering t he old adage , "He t hat excuses himself , accuses himself ,"
we deem it proper to say the least possible, relative to the shortco mings of our
publication. We trust however t hat t he reader in making up his judgment of t he
effort, will be ever mindful of the" midnight oil " expended upon it, the long and
tedious hours spent over its m anuscripts, t he recitations that have been "skipped"
for its sake, and of the m any other agencies that have favored and hindered the
bringing forth of the 1906 RAT-TAT, out of t he vast realm of nothingness, and
have at last caused it to take on the likeness of a book.
As you peruse the pages of t his volume you will remember t hat its business
is to please rather than to enligh ten. In our jocul ar mood s, we have made no
serious attempt to stick close to the t rut h , to portray our college affairs as th ey actually exist but rather in many instances have represented them directly opposite
to what they are.
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�The roasts and grinds are given m a spirit of fun, and are not intended to
represent the true character of the individuals to whom we pay our respects in
this manner.
Our object has been to produce a book, which hereafter will awaken in the
hearts of those who have left behind them four long but happy years of college
associations to enter upon the broad arena of life, some fond memories of old St.
.John's.
THE EDITORIAL BOARD.
To the Reader .
Gentle reader, we with pleas ure
Give to you our stock and store
Give these winsome, winning page~,
Strewn with wit and fun galore,
Gritty grinds that none but sarres
Learned in the Iaugher 's lor:. '
Could dispense in mirthful measure.
Listen, please , to the relation
Of the Board unto the bored
Ere upon our puns you ponder
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And your wrath on us is poured,
Ere about our work you wonder
And the jolly jokes restored;
Ere you ask for explanation;
Listen to our situation
'Twas a tough one yo'u '11 admit,
One that tries a class' spirit
Proves a good one's nerve and grit,
Makes us grimly grin and bear it.
But. this is the latest hit
The nineteen-seven publication.
So as you review these riches
And bright gems of though~ explore,
Treasure after treasure finding
That you've never seen before
Little "roasts" in nowise minding,'
With you as you o'er this pore,
Are our best and choicest wishes.
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Editorial 'Board.
Editor-in-Chief,
E. ELMER BEN NETT.
Assistant Editor-in-C hie f.
EDGAH H. M c BmDE.
111iscellaneous Editor,
Business Jl![ anagers,
L E E I. HECI-IT,
W. B. McKINLEY
HUGH A. COULBOURN.
Assistant Jl![ iscellaneous Editors ,
WM.
A.
STROHM,
Assistant Business J anager,
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E. P.
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BuRKE,
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R . A N DE R SON,
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E. L. BOWEN.
Town and Campus Editor,
Humorous Editor,
R. SMI TH.
JOHN T . HAHRI SON.
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Assistant Town and Camptts Editm·,
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Assistant Humorous Editm·,
BORDLEY.
InviNG
P.
KANE.
Athletic Editor,
RonEn.T
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BRADY.
Assistant A thletic Editor,
A.
lVIcC. STEVENS.
Treasurer,
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Secretm·y,
B. GWYNN.
J. G . SHEAHEH .
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�Calendar.
1906.
WEDNESDAY, SEPT.
1907.
Board of Visitors and Governors.
20-0pening of Session and Reception of Candidates for
Admission.
President.
(Under the Char ter E lected mmua lly)
HIS Ex CELL. N CY
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RmvrN vV ARFIELD
The Governor of lVIaryland,
Annapolis, Md ., 1904.
21-Examination for conditioned and unexamined students in
Latin and Greek.
TH URSDAY, SEPT.
22-Examination for conditioned and unexamined students in English
His tory and Science.
FRIDAY , SEPT.
SATURDAY, SEPT.
23-Examination for conditioned and unexamined students in
President. (PTo-tem.
Mathematics .
FRIDAY , DE c.
S ecretaTy ,
G .- SSA WAY, E s Q.
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Annapolis, Md. , 189 1.
L. Dons "Y
l-ION". J . Wrwr R.\:\' DALL.
Anna7Jolis, Md.
22-Commencement of Christmas Vacation.
1907.
8-Resumption of College Exercises.
MoNDAY, FEB. 11-Second Term B egins .
MoNDAY, F EB. 22-Washington's Birthday.
FRIDAY,
MARCH 29-Good Friday.
MoNDAY, APHIL 1-Easter Monday.
WEDNESDAY, J uNE 5-Entrance Examination-Latin and Greek.
THURSDAY , J uNE 6-Entrance E xamination-English, History and Science.
FRIDAY, JuNE 7-Entrance Examination-Mathematics.
THURSDAY , J uNE 13-Junior
Class Oratorica l Contest.
FRIDAY, JuNE 14-Preparatory School Commencement.
FRIDAY, JuNE 14-Farewell Ball to Graduating Class.
SuNDAY, J UNE 16 (morning) - Baccalaureate Sermon.
SuNDAY, J uNE 16 (evening)-Address befor e Y. M. C. A.
MoNDAY, J uNE 17-Anniversary of the Philokalian Society.
TuESDAY, J uNE 18-Anniversary of the Philomathean Society.
WEDNESDAY , J uNE 19-Commencem ent Day.
WEDNESDAY , JuNE 19-Address B efor e the Alumni.
(Ex Officio.)
TuESDAY, J AN.
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l-IoN . J osEPH
B. SJ~'l'H,
Pr-esident of the S enate,
Rockville,
Ho='l .
R oN. J oHN P.
Il ld .
CARVILLE D. BENS0:\1",
l-IoN . HENRY PA GE,
Speaker of the House of Delegates ,
Dickeyvill e, i\Id.
RoN. JAi\m s M c SmmnY,
.J·udge Comt of Appeals,
Princess Anne, lVId.
H oN.
Chief J udge Court of Appeals ,
Frederick lVId .
l-IoN . s .-\M UEL D. S c HMU CKER,
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TH O M~'<S .JoNJ;;s,
J udge Comt of Jlppeols
E lk Ridge, Md.
H oN . A. HuN"rEn Boyo
J udge Court of Appeals,
Baltimore , Md.
l-IoN. DA vm FowLER,
B1n scoE,
lttdge CouTt of Appeals,
Prin ce Frederi ck , Md
Judge Court of A7Jpeols
Cumberland , Md.
HoN . J AMES A. P EARCE,
Judge Court of Appeals,
T owson , Md.
J udge Cow·t of Appeals,
Chestertown, lVId.
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�DANIEL JVI. THOMA S,
Baltimore, Mel., 1859.
JAMES M
MuNROE,
Annapolis, Mel.
1896.
RoN . J. WIRT RANDALL,
Annapolis, Mel. , 1882.
RoN . R o BERT Moss,
Ann apolis , Mel ., 1897.
vVrLLIAM G. RIDOUT, M.D .
Annapolis , Mel ., 1882.
L. ALLISON vVrLMER,
GE ORGE \VELLS, M.D .
Annapolis, Mel. , 1882.
PHILEMON H. T ucK,
Baltimore, Mel. , 1885.
L. DoRsJ<JY GA SSAWAY,
Annapolis, Mel. , 1891.
RoN. DA NIEL R. MAGRUDER ,
Annapoli s, Mel. , 1891.
L a Plata, lVId ., 1897.
FHA NK H . STOCKETT ,
Anna polis, Mel , 1897.
JAMES A. FECHTIG
B altimore , Mel. , 1899 .
CHARLES G. F ELDMEYER
Annapolis, 1\'Id .
NICHOLAS H
RoN. SPENCER C. JoNES.
Rockville, Mel., 1892.
BLANCHARD RANDALL,
Baltimore, Mel. , 1892 .
RoN. JAMES REVELL,
Annapolis , Mel. , 1893.
RoN. JoHN G. RoGERS,
E llicott City, Mel. , 1894.
RoN. H . W. TALBOTT,
Ro ckville, Mel ., 1894.
1899 .
GREEN,
Ann apolis , Mel ., 1901.
JAMES T vVooDWARD ,
New York, N. Y ., 1901
HARRY J. HoPKINS
Annapolis, Mel .
1902.
STEVl<JNSON A. vVrLLIAMS,
Bel Air, Mel., 1904.
Lours T. CLARKE,
Ellicott City, Mel. , 1905
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FA CULT Y
�The Faculty.
THOMAS F ELL, A.M., Ph.D . LL.D. (President).
Professor of Moral Scien ce.
B . VERNON CISSEL, M. A. (Vice-President) Graduate of St. J ohn 's College,
and Professor of Chemistry and Ph ysics.
JoHN B. WHITE, B.A. , M.A. (Graduate of Geneva College) .
Professor of Greek and Latin.
B . H. W ADDELL, M.A.
(Graduate
of W ashin gton and Lee University).
Professor of Mathem atics.
J oHN CLARKE J oHNSON, B. A. (Graduate of University of Mississippi).
Professor of E nglish Language, Literature, Logic and Oratory.
W ILLIAM A. TH OMPSON, U . S. A. (Ma jor of the United States Arm y).
Professor of Military Scien ce and T actics and Lecturer on Internation al and
Constit ut ion al Law.
F nANCIS E. DANIELS, A.M. (Graduat e of St . J ohn 's Co ll ege).
Professor of ·Mech ani cal E ngin eerin g, Botany and Biology.
F. J . voN ScHwJ
;;RDTNEn (Graduate of Royal Academy of W ar, Berlin) .
P rofessor of French and German .
C. W . STRYKER, B.A. (Gradu ate of Un ion College, New York).
ProfessoT of History and P oli t ical Economy.
JoHN Bn.ocKWAY RIPPERE, B.A. (Gradu ate of ·w esleyan University).
Assistant P rofessor of Latin.
A. vV. vVooDCOCK, Jr. , B.A. (G raduate of St. J ohn 's Co llege).
I nst ru ctor in Latin and Mathematics.
S. RoLAND H oPKINS (G raduate St. J ohn 's Co llege).
Instru ct or in E nglish and Scien ce.
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FA C UL T V ( cont i nu ed )
�History of St. John? s College.
It would be b ard to imagine a more nearly ideal spot for an institut ion of
learnin g, th an th at occupied by St. J ohn 's College, sit uated in the ancient and
historical city of Annapo lis, on an emin en ce commanding a view of t he beautifu l
Severn River , and t he Chesapeake Bay. On t he side opposite the city, the
campus is bounded by a beautiful body of water !m own as Co llege Creek. Th ese
and m any other natural ad vantages make this spot seem especially designed by
nature fo r such a venerab le institution .
Th o campus itself is beautifu ll y sit uated on t he nort hwestern sid e of Anna po lis.
The buildin gs are ranged a long the ridge of a slight em inen ce, facing Maryland
Aven ue. As one enters the ven erab le ·McDowell Hall , built in J7L whi ch has
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harbored so many of Mary land's most noted sons, and whi ch has L>ecn the sce ne
of so mu ch gayety and splendor durin g the good old Colonial times, one cann ot a void
a touch of the feeling that inspired t ho French so ldiers as t hey stood before the
pyramids and heard the words of Napo leon : " Soldiers from these heights forty ce nturies loo k down upon yo u. "
Wi th t his brief view of the campus, and the natural en vironm ents of the Co llege
let us t urn back to its earliest beg innin g and t race its progress to t he enviab le
position whi ch it now occupies, as an institution of learning , to uching on ly those
par ts which a ppeal most strongly to us and which may be of the greatest interest
to t he reader.
St. John's College, formerly known as King ·w illiams Schoo l, the first pul> li e
free schoo l on the con t inent , and t he fourth existin g collegiate in stitu tion in tl~e
land in [)O int of a o ' now claimino· over two ~centuries of cont inuous life and cducao·e
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t ion a! work , was found ed at St. Mary 's in 1696. The purpose of t he school was
dec lared to be th e propaga tion of the Gospe l, and the edu cation of t he youth s of
the land in good mann ers and letters.
It 'vas maintained at first , large ly by donation s from t he wealt hy plan te rs,
wit h small appropriation s from t he General Assembly. The schoo l fl ourished afte r
a manner , for a number of years, t hough it could bo ast but one building, wll ich
contained quarters for t he master and his students.
In 1732, proposals for fo un ding a college at Annapolis were read in the Uppe r
House and recommend ed fo r t he consideration of t he popular branch of t he
Assem bly. The action of the House of Burgesses was necessarily of a petitionary
nature. Delays attendin g the grantin g of appropriations were n umerous, and t he
necessity fo r the royal approval of all its pro ceedings, m ade the progress of the
first public school in Am erica extremely tedious . No legislative action, however ,
resul ted then from these proposals.
In 1763 the proj ect was rev ived , and it was
proposed t hat the College should be provided with seven masters, and five ser vants,
to be su pported out of the public fund s, and again the measure failed to pass the
Upper House. Ten years later t his project was again revived. The Governor's
m ansion , a melan choly and mou ldering old monument, then st yled "Bladen's
Palace ," or "Bladon 's Folly," was suggested for the use of the in stitution. This
old building, with a few ch anges in its interior is now McDowell Hall of St. J ohn's.
Th e measure con templated by t ho Acts of the Assembly were complet ed by
t he Act of 1785 , whi ch con veyed the proper ty, fund s, masters an d students, of
IGng William 's school to St. John 's sc hool. Th e school was formall y open ed wit h
great so lemnity on November 11 , 1789. A pro cession compri sin g the members of
the General Assem bly, Judges and city orfi cials, preceded by students and members
of the facul ty, formed at the State House and proceeded to College H all where
appropr iate exer cises were conducted .
Among the early students of St. J ohn' s were men wh oso n ames have sin ce
become famous, and who rendered excellent service to t heir state and country;
such as George P a rks Custis step-son of our fi rst pres ident, F airfax and
Lauren ce W ashington , his nephews, F rancis Scott K ey, Wi lli am Pinkney, Roger
Broo ke T aney , Revordy John son, and m an y others.
In J anuary, 1806, the Legislature by a m ajority of six voted to withdraw the
annuity which h ad been pledged to t he Co llege at t he outset wit h the view of establishing a perman ent fund. Jn an evil hour the College had in curred the dis pleasure
of the party t hen dom inant in the State. Th ey smote it with a relentless h and,
and it fell.
Peace to t heir ashes, t hey knew not wh at t hey did! and th ey
knew not , that it should ri se again!
A few years later , in an appea l to th e Legi slature to re-establish t he fund,
Francis Scott K ey said : " Th irty years ago r stood within t hat H all and bade
farewell to t he compani ons and guid es of my you th , to our revered instructor , and
received t he parting bened ictions of that beloved and venerated man, who ruled
n ot so much by fo rce of auth ori ty as by affection.
"In a few short vears I returned; the compan ions and guid es of my youth were
gone. Th e glory of "the Temple of Science, whi ch t he wisdom and piety of our
forefathers had founded, was depa rted . I beheld in its place a dreary ruin . I
wandered over t he beautiful and silent green , no longer sac red to t he n1editat ions
of the enraptured yo ut h. I sat down on t hose mould crin g steps and beneath the
shadow of that aged t ree, that like me seemed to lament its lost co mpanions, and
I mourned over t he m adness that had wrought th is deso lation. "
At length in 1866, when the case was about to be taken to t he Supreme
Court , t he Legislature voted to restore the arrears and gran ted an annui ty of
$12,000 per annum fo r fi ve years. The life of t he College imm ed iate ly received a
new impetus, the Co llege buildings were renovated and put in thorough repair.
But after the year 1872 , the great uncertainty of t he appropriation from the
Legislature could not fai l to prod uce ill effects, and caused t he Co llege to lapse
into its former state and it seemed hovering between life and death.
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�Th e cond it ion of affairs gradu ally became worse. The number of students
dwindled. The bui ldin gs deteriorated , and therewas no appreciable progresstoward
t he realization of past hopes, and t he fulfillm ent of earl y promises, until the appoin t m ent of Dr. Thom as Fell , as President, at the opening of t he session of 1886. At
th at time but six ty students were in attendance, but with the incoming of a new
and accomplished Presid ent , new life was at on ce manifest , t he h alls were ren ovated
and equipped with modern convenien ces, an d with m any aid s and a ppliances for
instruction .
The College dom ain is situated on th e Severn River , a few m iles from t he
Chesapeake Bay. Its ancient halls, covered wit h ivy, itsvenerabletrees-maples,
lindens, poplars-shading t he broad acres of the campus; the histori c "Bladen's
Folly," now McDowell H a ll , with its curious old belfry and traces of its old glory
when Annapolis wit h its royal charter and governor was a mimi c court of St.
James; all com bined , tend to make up a scene of picturesque beauty , not soon to
be forgotten by one who has on ce been brought into close contact ·with it and has
felt its endearing and ennobling influence.
Th e number of students for the present session is about 210, and in all t he
military and literary departments of the College, able and progressive work is being
accomplished. A more progressive era appears therefore to have dawned upon
this, t he fourt h oldest college of the United States, and , in spite of t he numberless
vicissitudes which have marked its career, it h as just claims to be ran ked among
the leading educational inst it utions of the land.
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'When we imprint our first step on the spacious campus of old St. John's, our
eyes are lifted to the lofty dome of .McDowell Hall , the oldest building of St. John 's
College. This building, overlooking the Severn River, was erected to be t he
Governor's Mansion , but by the Revolution and the frequent disputes between
Gov . Bladen an d the Legislature , it was for many years left in an unfinished
cond ition and hen ce came to be known as "Bladen' s Folly." So it stood, as a
m elancholy monument, until the charter of St. John 's College was granted in 1784.
This stru cture is built of brick with a dome of curious, antique style, its peak
covered with leaf gold , pierced by a flag-pole , by which the College shows its
patriotism; ben eath this dome the rustic, old ch apel-bell is suspended , a nd sends
forth its mellow peals every morning at 8 .50, summoning us to our daily work.
At the entran ce we find a portico with ;veil worn pi ll a rs, which gives it a stat ely
colonial appearance.
The interior of ·M cDowell consists of class-room s, ch apel, etc_; the chapel once
served as a banquet h all for Washington and Lafayette.
To the left of the chapel is a reception room , wbich St. John 's lacked until a
few years ago. On the left of th e building is an attractive entrance, the st eps and
portico of brown granite, being removed here from the old State H ouse in 1903.
The second and third floors a re com posed of class-rooms , an d rooms for the
literary societies.
McDowell's site is at the center of the campus facing College Avenue, with
Pinkney Hall to the left , Humphrey's Hall to the right , the Senior H all and athletic
field to the rear , and the beautiful campus or "The Green" to the front. So the
historic building known as .McDowell H a ll h as stood since the year 1744.
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To the left of McDowell Hall we observe a beautiful building adorned with
various sh aped turrets and protected by many large pictures que trees, including
the an cient Liberty Tree, noted for its age and historic associations; a lso an old
holl y tree nex t in age to the popl ar.
This building, which is so beautified by its natural setting, is called Pinkney
H a ll. It wa. · erected in 1855 while Dr. Humphrey occupied t he presidential chair,
and was soon after its erection used for a military hospital , like the rest of the College buildings, unt il the close of the Civi l W ar.
Pinkn ey H all h as four stories; as you enter , on the first flo or you find it guarded
by a Professo r, who sees that no one participates in a water-fight as th e bath-room
is very convenient. Ascending to the second floor we feel a sensation of warmth
creeping from the room of the 0. D. , and if by chance you drop a pin , th e hot air
that bursts from that domicile of dignity would make the North Pole perspire!
After escapin g this region and rising to the third floor you find a wise-look ing
old watchman (Prof. D .) always on t he lookout for " the disturbance clu b" and
dissipated men , such as the R everend Mr. Potts Miller. Now at last you reach
t he well-known " rough-house, water-brigad e," fourth floor , where you see Sophomores ever on watch for fr esh rnen, to quench their t hirst and hunger. Th ey have
the air of myst erious wild anim als- at t he present time.
You will soon tire of the life of t he moonshiners in cold , un explored regions
and be glad to make your descent. In Pinkney Hall every student says he passes
his mo st pleasant, frolicksome days and so we fee l greatly inde bted to its found er.
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does not possess a name other than that we have used above, principally because
it was first occupied by a Senior Class and of course this name must be given until
a better one is found, which must or at least ought to be done in the near future .
This hall is placed where the gymnasium used to be situated (this, being
pushed farther down towards the athletic field), and is constructed of brick with
arti fltic white trimmings and a handsomely carved main entrance. The wall s of
the large vestibule are decorated with pictures of our athletic teams ;:in ce t he yea r
1888; also an emblem of St. John's purity in all college Eports; it is represented by
a frame containing the photographs of our best known athletes.
From this vestibule we enter the mess-hall ; this we prize as the most excellent ly finished room here , its wood-work being magnificent . It contains two rear
entrances which communicate with the serving-room, basement, kitchen and
pant ry . The vestibule above-mentioned also contains a broad antique stairway
leading to 1he abode of the Seniors and Juniors. The first fio cr is adorned
with dignified (?) Seniors, and if you do not want to see sufferers of that contagious
head-swelling disease, you had better make your visit of short duration.
At last you reach the third floor occupied by Juniors. That ::twful disease
has not developed in this class yet, although Belt is in the first stages, because he
is a privileged character and is allowed to salute policemen; but there are exception s
to every rule. Each of these floors has a bathroom, and in general these dormitories are most convenient and comfortable.
In beauty and comfort it equals, we are sure, any dormitory in a college of
this size, and we must express our gratitude to the designer, J
VIr. T. H. Randall , of
Nevv Y crk , for the excellent judgment manifested in designing it.
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This bui lding of coloni al style received its n ame from Henry W. Woodward , the
father of our great benefactor, J am es T . Woo dward . It is constructed of bri ck
with m arble trimmings; t he entran ce, of handsom e marble, leads to t he college
library, the biological and chemical laboratories.
This building is three stories high. The basement is now used as an armory,
bu t in t he near fu ture, when the proposed armory is built , t hi s apartm ent will be
used for mechani cal engineering and shopwork , whi ch will greatly facilitate practi cal
work in these bran ches.
The first floor contains the biological laboratory wit h mi croscopes and other
instrum ents necessary for scient ific resear ch; also t he library containin g about
10,000 volumes , besides every peri odi cal of value. This floor is un der the carefu l
charge of Professor D aniels.
Th e second floor contains chemi cal and physical laboratori es, under charge of
Professor Cissel. This la boratory gives th e stud ent practice in the use of m ost
chemi cals, of a great number of elect rical applian ces, and of other apparatus needed
in the st ud y of Ph ysics . Many of our scien t ific students have here received such
instruct ion as has enabled them to win p rizes in com petit ive examin ati ons with
high-classed universities .
After t he library is removed to t he new buildi ng , whi ch wi ll be soon erected by
t he aid of Mr. An drew Carnegie, t he great scholast ic benefacto r, the room wi ll be
used for some scient ific work and in a few years the building will contain as complete equipments as is to be foun d in an y college laboratory .
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from Dr. Humphrey, the presiden t of the College at that tinte. For so me yea r~
t his hall was inh abi ted by t he Co ll ege stud en ts, but at the present t im e is reser ved
for Preps. a lone .
Th e building was renovated in 1905, the expenditure bein g over $5000, and
on e can hard ly believe it to be t he same old rough-hous() dormitory , that it has been
sin ce t he tim e of our forefathers.
The first fl oo r is occupied by professo rs; the second and third floors arc do rmitories und er charge of Professors Woodcoc k and Hopkins . Th at portion of th e
basement wh ich used to be our dining ha ll is renova ted into a large bat h-room
with floor and trimmings of mosaic m arble and contains every con veni ence of an
u p-to-elate bath-room.
The history of old Humphrey h as been written and disc1;1ssed so many t im es,
that it wou ld be useless to worry t he reader with a repeated story, so we have
desc ribed t he in terior a ppear an ce and changes during t he past few years.
To t he rea r of Humphrey H a ll has been erected a sma ll well equipped bui lding to be used as a hospital in ca ·e of contagiot.:s diseases; this sup plies a long felt
need , and lessens the d anger from an epidemic.
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�To the Old Poplar.
0 so le survivor of t he boundless wood ,
\Vh o, noblest of thy kind , on high hast borne
Thy sturdy limbs an d s preading crest ! Though torn
By the ra vr.ges of r,ges t hou hast st ood ,
Beheld t he exchange cf wa mpum and of rood,
The \vel come of the noble Lafayette,
The rise of ou r Al ma Mater t hen beset,
By evils threatenin g her fam e and goo d.
Lang m ay thou st and , t he fittest emb lem be
Of a free and undivided land , t ha t sways
The t ottering monarch 's t hrone toward liberty,
The dearest memory of ou r co llege cl ays.
May tho u the fame of Old St. J ohn's.ere see,
The t hem e of choiciest dreams, of grandest lays.
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THE O LD POPL AR
�Ode to St. John's.
Come, Muse, a nd t each us how to sing,
I n gra ndest and sublimest lay,
Of her to whom we fond ly cling,
W ho guides our footsteps day by day,
Vi7ho shelters us from care and ha rm,
And 'neath her kind, protecting arm
From I gnorance, t he monste r bold ,
H er loyal sons does she safeguard , enfo ld.
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Assailed by t he ravages of t ime,
She yet has stood the furious test,
And now with form erect, su blime,
She rears aloft her glorious crest!
W hat though t he coun tless years roll by,
'Tis but the t winkling of a n eye
To her whose spiri t lives in all
Viho come beneath her class ic learned t hrall.
Thou Guardian of the P ierian spri ng,
Of which we long an d deeply dri nk!
To t hee our pra ises loud we bring;
Thou dost dear mem 'ries to us link,
And fond attachments t hat shall brave
Life's stom1s a nd end but in the grave.
To t hee our Mother dear a nd kind
By chai ns of love we' re bound in heart and m ind .
·wh at cherished scenes t hat bell recalls ,
As pealing forth sweet-tongued and clear
F rom out the chapel 's dome it calls,
As it bas done for many a year,
The student from his daily care,
T o worship a nd to t houghtful p rayer ;
Those hallowed relics that wi thin
The cha pel 's wa lls recall days that have been. ·
These ivy-covered , ancient walls ,
That oft ha ve echoed to t he tread
Of m any wh ose sad funereal palls
Long since have held their m oldering dead,
Re-echoed to t he shouts of glee
Of merriment and revelry,
Have watched t he long days come a nd go,
A cent ury glide away wit h ceaseless flow.
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Of m em ories gush upon us here !
The campus that we've often viewed
W hen t he leaves were falling, brown and sear,
Or the bo ughs were bend ing with t he storm
That whistled through its lea A
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Or when the fo liage green and thick
\ Vas solace to our minds, for nature sick.
Cont inue thus, t he guiding Star
That lights t he pathway of our yo uth
And sends about both far and near
Its rays of wisdom and of t ruth ;
Be jealous of th y glorious past,
P reser ve the fame t hou rightly hast,
And t hen for thee will be a name
Tha t shall surpass th y fonner brillia nt fame.
E. H. M.
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�St. John's c4lumni.
( By an Alumnus. )
Once more, St. John 's ere yet the hour be past
And life's sad schooling term inate at last,
\Vith task prepared, once more I wend to you,
And that recited, bid your wa lls adieu.
Time honored pile ! where once the muse unseen
Led my light step a long the moon light green.
Scenes of my yo uth! where fancy held her reign,
Again beheld, but not enjoyed again!
Ah! where is now that vacancy of mind,
Prompt in each pleasure som e delight to find,
·when hope to fancy threw the silken rein ,
Ere folly waked, to find h er dream was vain?
How sad , how softened, all the scene appears,
Through the long lapse of nearly fifty years.
When winds autumnal yonder tree assail
It turns to m elody, as sweet the gale,
As fair the grounds where sportive urchins play,
As jocw1d sounds, in summers break away,
As smoot h the creek, from silvery Severn flows,
As fa ir the wi ld flower on its border grows .
But where is now that vacancy of mind ,
That tranquil power t o drink the bliss refined?
Thoughts long depa rted , come and let me seem
To climb the heights that hang o'er Severn's stream,
·where winds its way toward the blue round bay.
Let me once more its yellow banks survey,
And think the poet on Hymettus' brow,
Though graceful Athens decked the pla in below,
Saw a sight more exquisitely fair
When famed I-Iyssus rolled in beauty there.
Nor would I deem its proudest temple vie
With that dear steeple stretching to the sky.
Again 'tis mine-the lovely landscape's mine,
And not t he Arno, purpled with the vine,
Not e'en t he landscape from the Umbria n hills,
Through Rom e from thence the wondering vision fills,
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�To m e could give, as fades the evening ray
And river, ba y and city m elt awa y ,
That rapt deli"ht which o 'er the bosom pla ys,
·when first the"muse diverts th e sc_
hoolbo_y's ard ent ga ze .
Ere I must own the fond deluswn vam,
Let m e recall m y long lost friends again,
Let m e again their lightsome st ep recall,
Dear love d companion , say-where are you all?
'Twere just as wise t o ask yon poplar 's bough,
Last summer 's leaves, old tree , where are they now ?
DepartEd friends,-not lost but_ gone ~efore
vVe turn the volume of your vntu es o er ,
And find that m emories fond and fait hful eye ,
All that is left of pleasure, must supply.
Lo as rem embrance drops the sacred t ear,
A~d early friendship st ands a mom ent here,
For thee first known and lat est lost, for thee,
Affection lives, that lives in infancy.
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Long round th ese walls, t h y fame shall flounsh fa~r ,
And none a higher need of honor share:
While yet the poplar yield s its grat eful sh_ade ,
To lays m ore sweet no tribute shall ~e. pa1d .
No m ore his fancy weavES the bnlhant dream,
By willows, waving over Severn 's stream.
"'illiam
Ptnkney~ D.D.~
R t. R ev. William Pinkney, t he fif t h Bishop of :Maryland , was born on t he
seventeenth of April , 1810, in the city of Ann apoli s. His grandfather, J on athan
Pinkney , immigrated to this count ry before the R evolution ary vVar and settled in
Annapolis.
Bishop Pinkney spent the first part of his life in the two capitals, Annapolis
and Washin gton , but ret ained his residen ce in t he form er city, even after he
assum ed the rectorship of a ( hurch in Washington. Y oung Pinlmey was powerfull y influ enced by t his early association with hi · birthpl ace, wit h its college, and
with the State .
In t he cen ter of a large campus, or , as it has always been called , "The College
Green ," st ood St. J ohn 's College, t hen alone in its solitary isolation , quaint in its
architecture, and even t hen venerable wi th age and of great repute for t he noble
sons she had nurt ured. It was at t his instit ution t hat Pinkney received his education.
Hi s early edu cation was for the m ost part received at home, under the careful
instructions of his parents . At an unusually early age, \i"Villiam was prepared to
en ter St. J ohn 's College, where he was a student from 1822 to 1827. H e completed
hi s collegiate course, graduatin g at t he early age of seventeen years, the youn gest
m ember of a class noted for abili ty and scholarshi p . In order to maintain an
honorabl e st anding he had t o labor arduously at his studies, and succeeded in
attaining a high position in his class, bein g chosen to deliver the Valedictory Address
at t he Commencement. That va ledictory has been preserved and is marked by
unusu al ri chness of t hought and beau ty of expression for one so young.
\Vhatever may-have been Pinkney's early predilections for the ministry, they
had not at this period of his life any determinative influence upon him. Soon after
graduating from St.John's, he com menced th e study of law. He did not, however,
enter upon the practi ce of the profession. Hi s heart was never fully in it, and he
was ever afterwards inclined to the mini stry, which he considered to be hi s calling.
Accordingly he entered Princeton Theological Seminary. After having completed
his course there, he was called to St. Anne's Church in Annapoli s, where he was
rector of the parish during the year:s 1839-1844 .
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�Pinkney also had several calls to parishes elsewhere, among, these being one to
the Ascension Church in Washington, D . C., in 1857. Some incidental references
to this call , which are found in his notes, show how deeply and alm cst painfully
he was t ou ched by leaving old St. Anne 's inAnnapolis . Thus, on the twenty-eighth
of August, he has t hi s brief note : " Much disturbed by the call to ·w ashington , and
heart sad . Oh! how sad ; but Go d 's will be done."
vVhen he had become satisfi ed t hat it was his duty to accept the charge of the
Ascension, he no longer hesitated but entered upon the rectorship in the autumn
of 1857. He remained as rector of this parish until he was consecrated as the
assistant bishop to Bishop Whittingham of the Maryland dioceses. Shortly after
this consecration, Bishop Whittingham died and Bishop Pinkn ey became the fifth
Bishop of the Maryland dio ceses. From the time Bishop Pinkney entered the
ministry to the cl ay of his death, he was loved dearly by all of his p a ri~ hioners
The Rt. Rev. William Pinkney D .D . LL.D. , Bishop of Maryland, died July
4, 1883, aged 73 years, and in the t hirteenth year of his Episcopate. He had continued in the field of his labors with unabated zeal and energy, and was found at the
t he last call of his Master like a faithful servant at his post of duty. F alling with
his armor on , his spirit has ascended to join the Apostles . He has left the priceless
legacy of a stainless name and an unblemished ministry .
''He taught us how .to livP,
And, oh, too high the price of knowledge,
He taught us how to die."
WM . PINKNEY
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�Francis Scott Ke-y.
'' There is no isle round which the surges roar;
~o sea that drives its billows to the shore,
No clim e where palaces so splendid rise;
No hut so hid beneath inclem ent skies,
But th ere hath peal 'd the song which ne'er shall die,
·while t he 'Star Spangled Banner' wa vcs on high.''
Fran cis Scott 1\:ey, one of the forem ost graduates of thi s an cien t in stitution ,
was born in F rederick County , on the first of August, 1779 , and di ed in Baltimore
on t he eleventh of J anua ry, 1843 . H e was the son of J ohn Ross Key, a Revolut ionary officer His early edu cation was received in t he publi c schools of Frederick
County, after \rhi ch he entered St. J ohn 's Co llege, and proved himself to be a most
bri lliant and energetic student. Next h e took u p t he study of law in t he office of
his uncle, Philip Barton 1\:ey . In 1801 he comm enced t he practice of law in
Frederick, but in a few years rem oved to \iV ashington, where h e was chosen
United States District Attorn ey.
Mr. K ey was a gen t lem an of th e very hi ghest order, exceptional talent,
ardent feelin gs and benevo lent mind , t he fri end and influential counselor of t he
R on. John Randolph of Virgini a; and of Gen . Andrew J ackson during hi s presidency .
But his title to fame rests prin cipall y upon his soul-stirring song, " The StarSpangled Banner,'' which is known t hroughout the civili zed world , a.· t he famous
national song of America. This was written in · comm emoration of Maryland 's
triumph durin g t he Bom bardm ent of Fort McHenry, so glowing with t he fire of
genius and patriotism t hat it has become the Nation al air. It was this t h at
r aised our beloved patriot in th e highest estim ation of all hi s count rymen , and gave
him a pbce in the " H alls of Fame,'' whi ch he so justl y deserved.
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fRANCIS SCOTT KEY
�B. dllexatzder CJ(andall.
Burton Alexander Randall , one of t he most promin ent physicians of Phi lade lphia, was born in Ann apolis, September 21 , 1858. He comes from one of the leading families of the State, being a son of the late Alexand er and E lizabeth Randall.
H e entered t he Freshm en Class a t St. Jo hn's, in 1873, ancl , being a very conscientiou.· stud ent , succeeded in leading hi s class ca.ch of the four years. J n 1877
~1e graduated with the degree of B.A., and after taking a. post-graduate course
received the degree of M.A. the fo ll owin g year. After t akin g the latter degree
at St. John 's, he went to the C'niversity of Penn sy lvania, entering th e Medical
Depar t ment. H e grnd uatrd from there in 1880, and then too k up a course auxiliary
to med icin e, after the completion of \vhi ch , the degree of Ph .D. was conferred
upon him.
H e acce pted and filled the position of eye and car surgeon to t he Episcopal
Hospita l during 1832- 189 1, to the Ghildren 's Hospital during 1885-1896, and
to the l\lethodist Hospital during 1896-1901 , all of Philadelphia .
H e ha.s held with honor and a bili ty t he following professorsh ips: Asst. Demonstr ator of Histology in t he :\fedical Department of the 'C'niver::>ity of P enn sylvania,
during1880- 1882; Professor of Ear D iseases, at the Philade lph iaPo lyc linic Institute
during 1888-1902; and Clinical Profes ·or of Ea.r Disease., in the University of
Penn sy lvani a in 1801.
On May 30, 1803 , h a ma rried Miss E :-nma F. Leavitt. Dr. R and all has held
many positions of honor and responsil.Jility, having been President of the Am erican
Oto logi cal Society, and being a member of the Ameri can Ophthalmo logical
Society , Philadelphia County Yiedica l Society, Anlerican 1\Iedica l Association,
Phi ladelphia P athologi cal Society, and the College of Phy.·icians of Phi ladelphia.
A man of extraordinary ability and skil l, he has always had his profession
at heart.
As th e joint author of " Pllot.ographic lllustra.tions of the An ato my of the Ear ,"
in 1887; aut hor of the American Textboo k of Diseases of t he Rye , Ear, Nose a.nd
Throat in 1899 , and the" R efraction of the Eye" in t he American J ournalof M edical
Sciences, Ju ly, 1885, he has contribu ted vastly to a better kn o11·ledge and und erstand ing of medicin e.
ENOCH M . THOMPSON
FERDINAND WILLIAMS
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WALTER J. HUFFINGTON
B . VERNON CISSEL
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Cf3yron 'Vernon Cissel.
B. Vernon Cissel, Vice-President of St. J?hn's College, was born at Highland,
Howard County, Maryland, December 17, 1868. His early edu cation was received
at home under t he direction of a governess; later he attended t he public schoo ls,
and in 1886 entered the Freshman Class of St. John's College, from which he graduated in 1890, with the degree of B. S.
Professor Cissel always took an active part in athleti cs during his college course,
playing center on the football team which ·won the champio~ship of _the South in
1888. In 1891 he was elected vice-principal of Vance Collegtate Institute, located
at Seven Springs , North Carolina, which position he resigned in F~br~ary, 1892,
to accept a position as instructor of Military Tactics and Mat hemattcs m Dr. J .. B.
Gibson's School , Sing Sing, New York. In September , 1892, he was found teachmg
Chemistry and Physics at Jarvis H all Military Academy , Denver, Colorado: H ere
he took the usual active part in athletics, playing with the students (wluch was
permitted at that time) on both the football and baseball teams.
After spendino- two years in the delightful western city, he returned to Maryland, and entered '"'the graduate department of Johns Hopkins University, in the
fall of 1894, where he studied Chemistry, Mineralogy and Physics; at the same
time remembering t he old rivalry between St. Johns and Hopkins, he tool~ _
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active interest in their athletics. In the autumn of 1895 he was offered a posttwn
at St. John' s as an instructor in the Prepara.tory school, which he accepted.
After renewinrr old acquaintances for one year, he was in 1896 elected to the
chair of Chemistry and Physics. In 1903, he was elected vice-president of the
College, which position he still holds with great credit to himself; and has shown
the rrreatest enthusiasm in connection with the athletics of the College. Every
afte:noon during practice both in football and baseball , he is to be seen o~. the
field coaching the team , and well has he proved his worth in many a spmted
contest. He understands the finer points of the game thoroughly and whatever
he says, goes. The students have the greatest confidence in him both as a
coach and as an instructor.
Prof. Cissel is a great friend of the student body, and also is very popular
among the members of the Faculty. Our great desire is that we may always be
fortunate enough to keep him in our midst.
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Another one of our distinguished and successful alumni is J. vValter Huffmgton,
Principal of the City Public School of Salisbury, Maryland.
H e was born at Allen , a village in \Vicomico County, J anuary 27, 1877, and attended the public schools in his native place until he was sixteen years of age. H e
entered the Freshman Class of St. John's College, in September, 1894. During his
college course he held many positions of trust and responsibility, graduating in .June,
1898, with the degree of A.B. At graduation, he was Salutatorian of his class and ·
orator for the intersociety celebration. H e always took a deep and lively interest
in whatever pertained to the welfare of this institution during his student clays.
Prof. Huffington has been actively engaged in school work ever since graduation, having been principal of a grammar school at Quantico, Maryland, for three
years, instructor in German , Latin, and Trigonometry, in the Salisbury High
School for two years , and is now completing his third year as principal of the
Salisbury High Schoo l. Its name, however, has been changed to the Wicomico
High School, and it has t he honor of being the largest high school in Maryland,
excepting those in Baltimore City. Prof. Huffington may well be considered one
of the most successful teachers t hat has ever graduated from this College and he h as
gained prominence throughout the locality in which he has taken up his life work.
During the summer of 1905 he took a course at H arvard university, covering
pedagogy, platform speaking, vocal culture , and professional reading, for which he
was award ed the University certificate of completion.
Ferdinand Williams.
The subject of this sketch > born in Washington County, Maryland, Novemvas
ber 22, 1881 , and lived in Hagerstown until he was ten years of age . From there
he entered a grammar school in Baltimore, after which he entered the Baltimore
City College.
During the summer of 1897 he was successful in a competitive examination
for the scholarship to St. John 's and entered the Class of 1901. By hard study he
succeeded in making the Class of 1900.
In J anuary, 1899, he received.an ai:Jpointment to West Point, and the following
March , entered the Class of 1903 from which he graduated with high honors , and
was assigned to the Corps of Engineers in the Philippines; since his return he has
been promoted to a first lieutenancy. H e is now stationed with his corps in the
barracks at Washington.
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Rev. Enoch M. Tkmpson was born near Gaith erB
burg , Montgomery County,
Marylan d , July 25 , 1873 At t he age of twelve he went to the Andrew Small
Academy , located &t D arnestown, Mr,rylancl , where he spent four years, and from
there went t o t he Rockville Academy , where he prepared for St . John 's Co llege.
In a competitive examin ation he won the County Scholarship fer St . J ohn 's, and
entered t he Sophomore Class in the fall of 1892. Completing the clasoical course
in t hree years , he gr aduated with hi gh hon ers, recei vin g the degree of A.B. Durino· his colleo·e career he wor:ked hard and faithfully at his studies , and alsa took
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quite an active part in athletics, both in football and pP.seball. H e was a se rgea~t
in Company C in his Junior year , and a lieutenant in the same Company m h1s
Seniar year.
In the autumn of 1895 .he entered the General Theological Seminal y in New
York from whi ch he graduated i~ 1898. While a t heological student he spent
two ;ears in mission work on L ong Island under the late Bishop Littlej ohn, and
was engaged :::.t the same t ime in Sunday-school,work in Calvary, St. Bartho lomew
and Trinity parishes in New York City . After hi s ordainment in 1899, he spent
seven years working with Dr. Alfred H ardin g at St. Paul 's Par:sh , vVashingt~n ,
D . C. On F ebruary 1, 1906, he too k up work at the Pro-Cathedral of the Ascens10n
as an assistant t o the Rector.
He also founded the Chapel of t h e Nativity in 1903, in W ashington , D. C.,
in addition to his ot her work ; and since then he has been doing good work among
the pC!orer classes of peop'e wit hin t he limits of his diocese.
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jf. ctugcnc Watbcn
Mr. F. Eugene Wathen was born in St. Mary's County, in the
year 1858. He entered St John 's College in 1876, where he
applied himself rigorously to his studies, gr aduating in 1880
with the degree of B.A. , afterward receiving the degree of M.A.
For a number of years Mr. Wathen was the editor and proprietor
of the M aryland R epublican, a wee kly newspaper of Annapolis.
H e was also a member of the Board of Supervisors of Elections,
and in 1894 >
vas appointed School Examiner for Anne Arundel
County, which position he held until the time of his death.
On November 7, 1905, Mr. Wathen suddenly passed away in
the parlor of the Maryland Hotel , where he had apartments
with his family. Mr. Wathen was highly respected in public
affairs, and was.a man of the highest mental caliber, who estab lished himself thoroughly in the public esteem. His death is a
great loss to his many friends, in whose estimation he filled a
place which cannot easily be supplied .
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�'R.etrospect.
And in yon nichq, from Virgin gold , a cast
Of T ommy dear, who loves us first and last.
But har k! upon the brink of coming time,
I hear a cry that t hrills a ch soul sublim e
With fonder locks we lean toward t he pa~t,
And watch the length ening shadows that we cast,
Then to ourselves we '11 pledge a part ing cup,
And b l e~s our Alm a Mater , as we lift it up.
Ncar five and one-half t imes a round t he sun ,
T he circling earth her t ireless comse has run,
Sin ce first we m et upon th is classic ground,
And , seeking learning, life-long friendship found .
Alas ! t hat morning so fa r here from ,
September, nineteen hundred and one .
How strange we felt. " ·hen roused from boyish dreams,
v\' e wondered where th e sun had hid his beams;
H ow throbbed our hearts when from each Freshman 's cell
W e rushed to greet the clang of chapel-bell;
\\' hat novel figures drew attention offThe stately Senior and the flippant Soph.
E nough of th is come in t he open a ir,
Across t he " Grccn"-a group is gathering t here.
Strange words I hear-" Freshm en'' and "Glee Clu b.''
The Senior stru t, the Sophomoric snub,
Have va nished like mist at nconcl ay sun.
v\' e t hough t oursel ves a democratic crowd,
Before no barbr'ous leaders to be cowed .
W e' re told , dictatorship, alone will do ,
To lead ou r class and maJ,e it manly,. too.
\¥h at velvet smoothn ess hides t he t iger 's claw,
Wh at liquid accents fl ush the Sophomore 's jaw.
I turn my eyes and see our grand parade,
Ambi tion fo oling us ti ll hope delayed ;
'\Vhat t itne we stumbled conic sections through,
And sho" ·ecl wha t feats blind m emory can do;
Or leapt o'er solid t rigonom etry ,
That .·teeplechase of plain geometry.
H ow rich our rccollectioJ1S, as we gaze
Upon t hose fea tu res a nd fam.iliar form s,
That gave us com age and controlled the storm s ;
The lea rned White, who yet looks a Greek;
The polished " Ducky," whose mouth could speak;
The Roman Stryker, a nd wise Vi' ooclcock too ,
And " Von ny'' who labo red with a hopeless few;
The patient " Pokey'' loo ks clown so mild
Beside our '' Turkey," Minerva's m eekest child ;
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49
�OUR POST-GRADUATE COURSE
��1906
CHARLE S
E.
CHANCE.
Annapolis, Nld.
" Th e generality of m en have, like plants, latent
properties which Chance brings to light .''
A man who deli ghts in silence and solitude. A
bullfrog of Pokey's in hum an form. Shows his love
for his m aster , even now, by laughing at his an cient
jokes A great chemist who is now tryin g to compound
an elix ir of beauty. I s giving Remsen a stiff rub for
his job Slighted in his mi litary ambition he finds
solace in t he compani onship of Pokey , who is working
him to den.th.
"Patient , simple and childli ke .''
L.O~LOO! 1-(o~R!)f •
. JOH~LVE)\'JP
EDWA RD
T.
CLA ll K.
"Ever y way of
c~
E lli cott City, Mel.
man is right in his own eyes.' '
Ye Gods ! What a beef is t his aw kward , burly
piece of hum anity. A football star (?). F ills his
position b y size, not deeds Is Ma jor , which account s
for his importan ce in his own estim ation. I s very
fond of the gentle sex and an ardent lover of roses . Hi s
h air is curly, somewhat res mbling Colbert's . H as a
brace peculiar to him self , and Belt. I s of a doci le disposition and gentle as a lamb .
MOTTO:
Multa Capita sed una M ens .
COLORS :
vYILLI.U•
[
Blue and Gray .
CuTLER.
Annapo lis, 1
\tld.
" Conscience has no more to do with gallantry than
it has with politics .' '
CLASS OFFI CERS:
E. T.
CLARK , . . . . . . . . . . . . ... .. . . . . . . . . . .. .. . . •.. . •. . .. .. . . . . . . . . .
J. H .
S I NCLAIR , . .. .. .. .. ..• . . . ... ... . ... . . . . . .. ... . . .. ... . . . V ice-President
C. F.
E. L .
G. D.
LLOYD , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. .. ... . . . .. . . . . . . . ..
President
Secretary
GosNE Ll", .. . . .. . . . . . . .. .. . . . . . . . . . • . . . .. .. . .•. . . . . . . . . .. . . Tr easurer
RILE Y, ... . . . . . . . ... . .. .. . . ...• . . ... • ... . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Historian
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P.
This you th is a veritable H obson among t he ladies
and is well known for his osculato ry propensities. Has
a childish expression on his face whieh is always ready
to break into a smile. I s Captain of Company A and
carries himself in a m ost charmin g m ann er Belongs
to the elite society of Annapolis and is Valk 's betterhalf.
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�H ERBERT C. FooKS.
Salisb ury, Mel.
"Awkward, embaTTass'd, stiff, without the skill,
Of moving graceftdl y, or standing still ,
One leg, as if suspicious of his brother,
D esirmts seems to nm away from t'other."
This is an Eastern Sho' m an, and a typical one, too .
A farm er lad, who has got K eene nervous late ly fo r
fear of losing t he Valedictory. Came to St. J ohn's
from a musk-rat hole, and t his accounts fo r his gougin g
inclinations. H as a voice like t he roarin g bell ow of
an infuriated bull. Under t he baneful com panionshi p
of Morris we fear his moral t enden cies m ay be weakened.
HJCHAH H . H ODGSON.
D
" DiTe was the clang of plate, of kni fe and fork,
7' hat mere' less fe ll like tomahawks to work ."
A very industrious and conscien t ious member of
t he "Next-on-You Club." Can eat a half dozen pies
in as m any minutes. Is a great gorm andize r. Can
eat anyt hin g digestible or otherwise. Has a specia l
fo ndness fo r reportin g Sophomores on midnight expeditions. I s sore on t he Military De partment , but is
taxed to t he ut most to support t hed ignity of Quartermaster-sergean t . " First on t he meat.''
SAMUEL J. H oHBERGER.
E DWARD L. GosNELL ,
Gran ite Mel.
"A n idler is as a watch that wants both hands ,
As useless i f it goes as when i t stands.''
This young man com es from a hard place and
his head seems to ha ve inherited from it, at least, t hat
one quality. Is one of our m ost successful loafers
except when he has an im portant engagement wi th
H oover, H echt and Belt. I s Captain of Company B
and never looks so self-important as when R uz is after
him for a grease. Most any t im e Mackey can be se n
after him , calling ":A..h , Gas.''
E . EARL H EARN.
Cambridge, Mel .
" 0 wad som e poweT the gi ftie gie us,
1' o see oursels as i thers see us.''
This indefinable, un classified, ossified , gaso lin e
bubble of out raged hum anity is a pu zzle to himself and
everyone else. Born in Nowhere (Eastern Sho ') he
came to St. J ohn 's to worry all classes and conditions
of m en . And well has he acquitted hi mself. Alt hough shoc ked at first, everybody is used to his sarcastic remarks. " The sting has left t he adder.'' H as
a charming way of saying "Yearn yere.''
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Quantico, Mel .
Anna polis, Mel.
" Silence is a viTtue in those who are deficient in
understanding.'
Sammi e is well known for his qui et and steady
habits and in walking, ri vals " Turkey'' wit h his uniform unaccelerated m otion. Is a lad ies' m an , but oh!
don 't ment ion t hose girls he met at T olchester. A
noted orator and with that soft, melodious voice he
fairly captivates an audience. Is one of our "colored"
sergeants.
"Along t he cool, sequestered vale of life
H e keeps t he even t enor of his way.' '
ALFRED H ousTON.
Chili , S. A.
" 0 it is excellent to have a giant's strength!''
This jibber-j abbering giant is from the vvild
recesses and woody jungles of Sout h Ameri ca, and he
is getting a long excellent ly, considerin g t hat this is his
first stab at being a civili zed person . H as taken a
fan cy to society and is creating a flu tter in t he feminine
hearts of Ann apolis. H as a fin e figure, but please don 't
ment ion "dat face.'' Often tells in his pidgin English
a bout tegers and other wild anim als.
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�ErtNES'l' LI NTHI C UM .
AM OS
F.
H UT CHI NS.
Bm·stowe, Mel.
" L migh and ue fat, sir!' '
" Oh! I know
Thou hast a tongue to charm the lou dest babies . "
This t end er , slim, and timid Ann apolis youth was
never known to speak t o anybody but Chan ce and Carter
and t hen onl y in monosylla bles . H as never had the
pleasure of a good , m erry laugh. Likes Calculus, but
hates the trouble of going t o t he board . Beli eves in
silence as a virt ue, and t alks in so deliberate a m anner
t hat he som etimes has to stop in t he middle of a sentence
and begin over.
This Barstowe wit has a soft , purring voice and
gent le m anners t h at ·win for him th e admiring glan ces
of the oth er sex. I s Presiden t of t he Y . lVL C. A. , but
that doesn 't signify anythin g. W ears a smile t hat will
not come off except when you call him a Rifle-pit-rat.
I s very fond of little children , t akin g a great delight
in Ben gy H an ce. " Good-night, Bengy .'' "Goodnight , Am os. ' '
C HAllLES
lV
L-\.RCEL
F.
Trappe, :VIc!.
LLOYD.
" By i gnorance t s pride increased;
'J'hey m ost as su m e who know the least. ''
Balt im ore, Mel.
K EENE .
" H e chatters li ke ct blackbird.' '
Whenever you hear someone t ryin g to give hi s
opinion on everything when it isn 't asked for , you m ay
!mow it is t he villainous tune-murderer Lloyd . Throws
his lu ck on t he di ce and his mon ey to R ouse. I s third
Li euten ant of Company A and is never so happy as
when yellin g at or reporting som e unfortun ate Prep.
Accidentally h ad one of his vision ary organs injured
last year .
Li sten! and you will hear Keeni e ch attering away
like a hun gry parrot. H e is a real bright young m an
in both brass and cla~s, and receives fine m arks , never
having been kn own to m a ke less than5 10. S-s-stutters
and c-c-considers it a g-g-great clisaclv-v-vantage.
It is a bleE g for us, t he victims of his loquaciousness.
sin
Is a great act or , · and even furni shed amusement for a
crowd of youn g men at the "Prin ce of Pilsen. ''
J.
A ::\T DRE W
P.
K ELL Y.
Balt imore, Mel .
" N o m an teas ever so much deceived by another as
by himself.''
This fop , swell , elud e, dand y, coxcomb is a very
self-impor t ant person and a society m an of the first
wa.t er. H.csem bles greatly t he canin e species in his
acial expression. I s a voracious eater and one clay
he even beat H odgson . H e is now trainin g for a form al
contest wit h t he latter. F alls in love qui ckly , and
even so far as to fall in love with hi mself whi ch is a
sad state of affairs.
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Ann apolis, Mel .
R o Y M c CARDE LL.
H agerstown , Mel.
" H ere's ct large mouth , indeed ,
That S1 forth death and mountains , rocks and seas ,
Jits
T alks as fami liarly of li ons
A s m aiden s of thirteen do of puppy dogs.''
F ar beyond my power, indeed , is it to describe
t hi s crack-brain ed, n on-convincible athlete and general
scamp. H as a very pronounced affini t y fo r t he colored
race and becomes excited whenever an y re flection is
cast upon
them Sprogie is n ever so proud
as when he is in front of his band of scalawags
t wirlin g a worn out golf st ick .
Is a very obstin ate
arguer , and would not believe an angel on oath if it was
· contrary to his way of thinkin g.
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�WILLIAM P. C. Monms.
Salisbury, Mel.
R ommT A. Rousr~.
Bel Air, Mel .
" I shall think-and thought is silence.''
"Who ventur-es life and soul upon the dic e.''
T his profound thinker and oyster shu cker is from
t he Eastern Sho', and a pretty fair specim en, considering all of his faults. H as t aken a bra ce morally
and physically sin ce he h as been Li eutenant.
His
knees like General Grant's, having taken quite a dislike for each other, stand several inches a part and
stare at each other in blank amazement. Keeps on
the inside track with Hurri cane Bill.
H ere is an athlete, lady-killer, bluffer, cli cer and a
lot of oth er things too num erous to mention , in cluding
running.
T akes life as it comes, sifting out the
pleasures and leaving t he rest go to t he D-l. I s
leader of th e Band and is never so happy as when
squealing out harsh , discordant notes on hi s tin seventyfive year old imi tation of a cornet. Is baseball catcher
and can catch anythin g from a pea up to a cannon ball.
J. H UNTLI~ Y SINCLAIR .
EL:\{ER G. PARSLE:Y.
" This youth is
CL
Brookville, Mel.
bubble blown up with breath. "
A vain and effea1 inate remnant of a once sensible
young man , is the notorious E-ball Parsley. Is a
successful lover and has captured t he heart of more
than one unfortunate girl. Believes in inaction as t he
surest balm for an overtaxed brain, and puts his belief
in pra ctice wherever possible. Came t o St. John' s
with barnyard st ra w on his heels and oh, what a
wonderful change has been wrought! A Rifle-pit Rat.
Annapo lis, :Md.
G. DoNALD RrLEY.
"Wit is the most rascally , contemptible beggarly
thing on the face of the earth."
Don is an ardent imitator of Bill Nye, but how
infinitely inferior. H angs on to Pokey's coat tails to
learn his dry jokes and get a grease. Don expected
to be Captain of Company B , but alas what a disappointment. H ad his way so well greased with Major
Thompson that he sli pped and fell in his military
expectations. Was Editor-in-Chief of '05 RA'r-TAT,
also the Collegian, of which he made a great success,
alt hough it made a confli ct with poker.
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Ridgely, Mel.
"But still his tongue ran on, the less
Of weight it bore, uith greater ease;
And with its everlasting clack,
S et all. men's ears upon the rack ''
This extremely loqu acious youth is a track team
man and talker of great speed. Beli eves in having
hi s say-and he has it. If he doesn 't, no one else does .
I s well fitted in this respect for his position as Adjutant.
Th e poor li ttle t hin g was unkindly treated by McCardell
once, vvhi ch nearl y broke his heart. The girls think he
is cute-and so does he himself ; indeed so much so t hat
we fear h e is becoming conceited .
H ENRY F. STURDY.
Annapolis, Mel.
" H e doth bestride the narrow world
Like a Colo ssus; and we petty m en
Walk under his huge legs."
This long-legged, ghost-like, perambul ating anim al
is a member of the species Rodent ia, and the family
R abbit, being well known for his jumping pro clivities .
H e is a good fellow , perfectly harmless, and alm ost any
t im e can be seen going along and clipping off the miles
with hi s never-varying gait. H as h eart t roubl e caused
by t he atmospheri c pressure not being n ormal at su ch
a height. H as a fine mili tary fi gure.
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�Centerville, iVId.
P EllE Vil tLl\H.:R.
JoH N
M
Annapolis Md.
THOMPSON.
" Some play for- gain; to pass tim e other-s play
For- nothing; both play the fool I say."
"Th e loud laugh that spok e th g vacan t mind ."
This is Pere Wilmer, not the Prep. - alt hough he
acts like one sometimes, but the simple, unenlightened
Color (ecl) Sergeant Pere Wilm er. I s as fond of girls
as he is of rattling t he bones wit h Rouse. I s never so
gay as when he is in t he eddying swirl of t he social
whirl with an Annapo lis girl. Is t hinkin g seriously
about taking a peep inside of a book before he
gradua tes.
This lit t le boy is scarcely out of his teens and
entirely too yo ung, li gh t hearted and headed to be a
Senior. H as gained a wide reputation fo r stacking
card-gun s, and is a Lieutenant in Company A. Is a
t horough convert to t his injun ction "Much st udy is a
weariness to t he flesh. '' Is t he class pet , which I su ppose
accounts for his being so spoiled. "Come on Rousie
'
'
let's get Sm itty and Norman.' '
ARTHUR DE
T.
VAL K.
Annapolis, Mel .
"Love is your- master- , for- it master-s you. ''
H ere is a lad after our own heart- an d also, for
t hat matter after the hearts of t he fair lassies of Annapo lis H as a special laugh of his own and believes
everybody else's to be a cheap imi tation, which
must be w hen t he original is cheap . Is a great chemist
and physicist, and has discovered several errors in
Newton's Calculat ions. Ge ts very angry wh en not
saluted like an Emperor. '' H ey, Pelouze, going down
to the Lab?'
J o HN
B.
vVELLS .
vVILLIAYI
D.
vVmGH'l'SON.
New York N.Y.
"Let m e have music always and I seek no more deli ght."
"Bill'' is a merry , happy-go- lu cky , come-clay-goday fellow, and is t he second ranking man in t he Band.
Can play t he saxophone or an y ot her in strument t hat
ever had a mouthpiece stuck to it . I s a fine baseball
pitcher, and has refused a position as p itcher on t he
American League. Is a perseverin g lover, and wit h his
beautifu l voice can break down the barriers of an y
feminin e heart that ever charmed him.
Annapolis, lVId.
"As effortless as woodland nooks,
Which send up violets and paint them blue.''
A gracious boy, full of all gentleness, who seems
always to be afraid of inconveniencing somebody by
speaking loud . Has a shock of red h air , which he has
to keep away from combustible articles. H as a
pleasant coun tenan ce t hat would set the hair on a
porcupine. We are m uch inclined t o think he, h11s
desperate case of love on hand as he goes around wit h
a dreamy far-a-way look in his eyes.
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�"All Freshmen report in Room 35 tonight," was the mandate issued by "BioChief'' A. W. Smith, of the Sophomore Class. In obedience to this commancl
we t~e celebrated Class. of 1906, came together for the first time to indulge in gym~
nast1cs and rough-housmg, and this feature of the class has remain ed with it to t he
end. Even now our class meetings resemble nothing so much as a Kansas cyclone
or." Rousey 's Dutch Band,' ' as they make the walls ring to t he tune of Ta-Ta-TaTa, or "My Irish Mollie 0.''
vVell we went to the" G. 0. H. ,' ' we saw and we conqueTed , as was well attested
by the loud laughter as Prep. Gosnell gracefully and almost franti cally chased
an im aginary tail attached to his anatomy , trying in vain to catch it. Other
stunts, too numerous to mention, were done for the benefit of our learned friends
the Sophs, but when it was all over as one of the fellows expressed it We wer~
d-n glad it was through with.''
'
Bed felt pretty good that night , and the Sophs gave us a rest for a few daysthe few should be put in italics-for in a short t ime they required our services
again, and at t his meeting t he H a lls rang wJth,-" The Bear Came Over t he
Mountain ,'' and other classical ditties for untrained male voices. The Freshman
year was over at last, somehow or other the worst things a lways come to an
end, and t he darkest hour is just before dawn .
We can look back now with complacency and remember the proud and
haughty manner in whi ch we went around as Sophomores, feeling that if we did
not own the whole earth , at least the larger part belonged to us. With what an
air we ordered "Freshmen do this , Freshm en do that ,'' and it certainly is amusing
to think that the now lofty and dignified (?) Juni ors were once "but the creature
of our wilL'' That year our baseball team was regarded as the best in co llege, but
when the ti me came to show our strength , we lost to the Juniors by one run , and a
marvelous catch by Pop Willing rob bed us of the game.
At t he end of t he year, t he Faculty notified several of our members in cludin oWrightson, Hutchins, Bull H arrison and Riley t hat they were studyin~ too hard~
and conse quently were leaving the less ambitious members of the class far behind.
These gent lem en in order to pre ·erve good feeling and keep t he pclL<.: e, sto pped
\YOrkin g so hard , an d since t hen have a llowed K eene, Sturdy and ot her lesser
lights to co me into scholastic prominence.
Th e Junior year began with the loss of so me of our old friend s and the addition
of several new ones. A teger from South America was added to our zoo, and became quite noted amongst us, partly on account of a good loo king fac e, and part ly
for the t horoughly American m ann e1 in whi ch he caught on to our custom s, such
;
as riding automobiles into" J ack'' Rippere 's class, and trying to put " Madam - -''
out of busin ess. Paul Matthews, too , Tejoined us. P aul , however, seem ed to be
taking a special course in music and " fussing;" as a consequen ce, -sad to rea tehe left us for good at the end of the year
Again we bit the dust in the annual baseball game to the tune of on e run . A
boxing match between Sturd y and A. W . Smith-a laughable affair in which Smith
was victorious-helped to take away the sting of defeat. Speaking of baseball, cur
class, with such players as "Seven'' vVells , who made seven errors in on e inning,
and Hut chins, whose specialty is pun ching out on high balls, has al·ways been
promin ent on t he diamond. ' Vrightson, Staley, DeVries, lVIcCardell , Rouse and
Clark, played on t he first team regularly, and without t hem, in t he words of a
player , "there would have been no team at all. ''
The ping-pong team composed of vVilmer P. " Glut" Hodgson , Lin t hi cum and
" J ack'' Carter have already gone in to trainin g and promise to play a very good
game, es pe cially as Hodgson , who is such a fine (?) athlete in every bran ch of
athletics , promises to cut out pie eating during t he season. In thi s year we '"ent
to the in auguration, and gave Teddy the glad hand as we swung clown Pennsylvania
Avenue to the accompaniment of the inevitable No. ll. T eddy expressed him se lf
as " de-light-ed ,'' and altogether t he St. John's battalion was pretty warm that day
during the parade, and afterward when old friends of t he class were met and of
course t reated to coffee (?) and sarsa parilla.
Next came the time when vve first began to worry about the appointments.
" If Bull was up in his class,'' "Bill Wri ghtson is a good looking man for Major,
"Gosnell certainly does know t actics," were t he remarks heard from morning unti l
night, while such minor matters as studies and athletics were enti rely lost sight of.
Even "Bones' ' Linthicum and Chance exhibited a certain degree of interest and
got up enough energy to go to camp. All thi s time "Biddy'' Clark had been lying
low, but wh en t he proper mom ent arrived and it came like a shot out of a cann on ,
we wondered why we had not thought of him when somebody said ," 'Vhat 's the
matter wit h 'Bidd y' Clark ?" To tell the truth there wasn't anythin g the m atter ,
and wh en t he time came to announce t he ~1ajors hip , old "Big, Buxom Bidd y"
\valked up and carried away the plum .
This is but another instance of t he evolut ion of greatness. When t he R.,. ,,~
TAT came out in our Freshm en year , t he t hree most military(?) men in college ."·ere
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Senior History.
�Gladden , Gosnell , aud Cla rk , but behn ld one is Ma:or and the ot her Captain of
Company B.
Camp this year was at old To lchester and didn't we have a good time . No
more guard duty for most of us and plenty of time to show our chevrons. Then
again there were such surprises; fellows who at other times would run at the name
of "girl'' gallanted many of the fair sex around showing them the camp. " Ma' '
Hearn and Hutchins , for instance, swin ging their partners to the lines of" Bedelia,''
and the "S hade of the Old Apple Tree,'' until you wou ld ha ve thought that they
had been brought up in the dancing hall. "E-Ball'' P arsley had tickets galore to
the numerous attractions of t he resort, and the way he and his lady friend s flew
around the " Hula- Zula'' and the "Merry-go-round'' would make one giddy.
These were great old days to be , ure , days fu ll of fun and cementing us
together by ties of comradeship and friend shi p that years wi ll never tend to lessen .
Then came inspection , a glorious one for old St. John 's.
As we went past the
reviewing officer, a string stretched from guide to guide would , I believe have
touched every chest. Major Thompson wore the smi le that won't come off , and
when it was finally announ ced that St. John's had won a place among the first six
mili tary co lleges in the country, our pride and elation was somet hing tremendous
an d we felt that we cou ld give our rivals M.A. C. the " Merry H a-H a" and say
Olil·stay at Tolchester was a pleasant one but when we fina lly pulled up stakes
and started for ' Ye Ancient City," I believe we were a ll glad to be on our way
homeward
We made quite a fine appearance as we went up Prince George
Street and on to the cam pus.
The Junior Oratorical Contest came off the first night at horne , and although
McCardell recited with fee ling and pathos and Ri ley told of the boy drummer who
wouldn't beat the retreat , old " Boya'' Clark 's ('Ship of State'' out-sailed all other
crafts in sight and crossed the line a winner. When we parted for the summer
it was with the realization that our next year would be our last , and that our days
at old St. John 's were drawing to a close.
'Vhen we met in September, it was as Seniors, and a year of res ponsiblity and
trust has not sobered some of t: s in the least I am afraid, and our class meetings
still resemble a hurricane. But of t hese matters let us pass and try before this
history draws to a close, to gather some ideas in regard to our class, individua ll y.
"Biddy" Clark , our president , has many features, his feet not being cne of the
least. Through five years of Co llege life four in the Co llege and one in the Prep.
School, he has proven himself the same old " Boya" and the same old curly-headed
"Oaksy" that used to wobble around in the Prep. School , almost too fat and babyfied to live . H is march upward has been one of triumph, although it must be confessed he is as fly-footed as ever.
Huntly Sinclair is sti ll the gay and happy-hearted boy as of old. Hi s milita ry
honors do not seem to have turned his head at a ll. He doesn ' t even like to wear
his dress-coat down to the Naval Academy on account of the quantity of gold on
his sleeves - just like A. W. Smith! I hear so me one say. Sinny is captain of the
track team this year and when he throws back his head and starts he can go like
a streak of lightning. He is still in love, but, as E:ipling says, that is another
story. Prep. Gosnell, who is in love, spends most of his time moping in dark
cornei·s and likes nothing so much as a ride on the Emory Grove car for Hannah
More. "E-Ball-1-Ball' ' Parsley! I hear the yell again and in he slips and gets
ready to go down to the Legislature. As Commander-in-Chief of the R ifle Pit
Rats·, Aunty is something hot, and he, "TVla" Hearn, and Hutchins form about
as unholy a combination as was ever put together.
Leroy McCardell is still ' 'retching" up for flys, and as captain of our baseball
team we expect him to make a record that will be glorious for old St. John 's.
Rousey is as foxy as ever, and to his other specialties has added that of going like
a squirrel. His accounts of the operations at Manassas are extremely valuable,
and form so interesting a story that the War Department has asked him to write
the famous stories beginning "Rouse, scout those woods," and" Rouse, how far
is the h- 1 of a distance?'' in book form. Judge Kelly spends most of his time in
the la boratory and has even had the misfortune to be called the College - -. We
won 't giyewayon ''Drusy." P lusCut ler and Face Houston form a very happy family and even Bill Wrightson and his Jew wife Keene live in a state of connubial bliss .
" Kid" Lloyd and Pere Wilmer still rattle the bones "Kid" has sto pped running
and Pere spends a large percentage of his time in sleeping
Good old Pearson
Morri s and Fooksey are still together, Fooksey ever willing to help you in Psychology and Morris to give you a " cha w. " The one Latin pony in Senior H a ll seems
to lead a precarious existence but it generally finds its way into Hutchin 's room.
Amos and " Glut" Hodgson spend their time playing poker for ma tches or discussing their respective chances of graduating. Of the down:own bunch little can be said
-nothing to their cretlit They are continually with us, Valks to take us riding(?)
in his auto, Sturdy to catch us gouging, John Thompson to use the class ' soothing
syrup bottle, and Riley to write odes and sonnets.
Most historians say what a sad task it is to ·write the Class Histo ry. 1 do not
agree with them . It is a proud moment to be about to set sail upon the ocean of
life , but there are indissoluble ties, which wi ll always ho ld us to our Alma Mater.
No matter where our paths may lie, there is a straight road which ·will a lways lead
from our hearts, to where? Is it necessary to say, St. John's ?
Four long years we have st riven in the shades of dear old Pinkney , McDowell
ha llowed by sacred memories, then Senior Hall, and at last we have arrived at
the eve of graduation. Now indeed we realize what our College has been to us.
No matter how bright may be t he outlook for the future , it is with many deep
and sincere regrets that we are abo ut to leave our college life. And n0\\" 1 fellows,
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M. A. C. "stung again."
�our Class ! our love for her let it never grow less as Lme rolls on, but rather
increase as we reali ze that the happiest days of our life have been spent under
her protection at old St. John's.
Co:ne, fellows, fill your glasses up,
The las t t ime now for aye;
To drin k a t oast to old St. J ohn's
And our loved Blue a nd Gray.
He r name we raise exalted,
For friends she'll never lac k,
\Yhile '06 stands defender
Of the Orange and the Black .
HISTORIAN .
1lo
~ets 1->s Sh._e~s~i.n 11.nO.
tbel'\ -
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RoBERT A N D F:H~ON, Jr.
" Andy."
" Wo rds, mere words, no matter from the heart.''
Thi s gentleman heads t he list a lph r"betically but
not otherwise ; one of the hardest stud ents and best
all around m en in college, but don 't tell him so, or he
m ay become concatefiareous ("stuck up " in common
phraseology). A footba ll player of note, an advocate
of the honor system , and one of t he few who
have rema in ed immune from the attraction s of t he
fair sex. A li terary enthusiast, though no t gifted with
mu ch gibbosity. Vice-President of Cl ass ; Co rporal,
Company B; Ass istant Miscellan eous Editor RATTAT; ifJM.
L. AllN ULD ,
" Pip.''
"Pour the full tide of eloquenc 3 along ,
S e1
·enely pure, and yet divinely strcng.''
One of t he mo st pri zed specim en s in St. J ohn 's
men ageri e, was ca.ptured after a fierce battle behind
one of t he sand dunes of Anne Arund el County, but is
now quite docil e. Pip has a beautifu l voice and with
a li ttle training would m ake a Singer- Sewin g Machine.
Possesses a master mind but was never known to use it.
An ath lete, phil osopher , soldi er , scholar , statesm an ,
and a cran k combined A most profi cient orator and
li terary gen us. Spends his t im e thinking of how mu ch
:mportan ce he is . Sergeant Company A; Glee Club;
Assistant Miscell an eous Editor RAT-TAT ; ifJ M.
ALTON
MOTTO:
Perseverance brings success.
COLORS .
Blue and White.
NORMA N
CLASS
H. A.
OFFICERS.
Cou LDOURN, . . . . . . . . . . . . .• .. . . . . . . . ... .. . .. ... . .. . . . . . . . · · Pre 3ident
R.
A NDE R SON, . . . . .
A.
C . THOMPSON, .. . . ... . . . ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . .. . . S ecretary
J. G.
A. R.
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Vice-President
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SHEAREH.,..
SMITH ,· . . . . . • . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . ..•.. .. .. . . . . Historian
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A. BELT.
"Grouchy.''
" R emote, unfriendly , solitary , slow.''
When you see an infinitesimal pi ece of hum ani ty
perambu latin g about t he campus , with one should er
two in ches hi gher than the other, and hi s chest inflated
like a hot a ir balloon , you might know it is Se1·gecmt
Belt. H as a natural a rfinity for reportin g fellows,
even goin g so far as to report " Tomm y'' for w a l kin ~S
on t he grass. Trying to be Ma jor next year , but we
think he wou ld m a ke a bett er Co lor Sergeant. Oh!
why was su ch a misery thrust upon us. Sergeant Compan y B.
6!)
�" [( isser .''
ELMEil BLXNETT.
" H e droweth out the thread of his verbosity finer
than the staple of his argument "
Th e Ed ito r-in-Chi ef of t his fam ous (to be) volume
and a hot air agent of no mean ability. A wa lkin g encycloped ia and is said to have digested six dictionaries.
So metimes t ri es to introdu ce new words in to the
vocabulary of the Profs.
Continua lly on t he lookout for a n argumen t, and
is always found on t he opposite side. Very military ,
although he cann ot succeed in making other people
beli eve it. Has no particular object in li fe, bu t t hinks
he might secure a position as hotel porter. "Dadhang it all! when are you fellows going to give me that
R .·\T-TAT work.'' Corporal Company B; rP K.
ELI
Ho 1 ·: wr C. Bn ADY.
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" E ing. "
" Every way of a mon is right in h1:s own opinion.''
Next to Ned Duval this man has a better kno,,·leclge of th e early history of St . J ohn's than any one else.
Born in t he m arshlands of Anne Arun de l, and raised
on cigarettes. H as recen tly become m elan chol y on
accoun t of his ups and " Down s.'' Thinks he can play
footba ll.
H as a soft melodious vo ice like t he purr
of a Numiclian lion . Expects to be captain Company
A , next year . Spends most of hi s tim e a t t he waterworks, and has water-works and head-works mixed.
Sergeant Company A; Ath letic Ed itor RAT-TAT.
ED~1 U:'-1 o
"Scrunt. ''
M. IV ORTHI:-<uTON BoRDLE Y.
"The law pays no attention to little things.''
We do not believe in the t ransmigration of t he so ul ,
but t his fellow is Prof. V 's second. One of his legs
became twisted in a football scrimmage , a nd t he other
bowed-out t hrough sympathy. I s one of t he greatest
heart smashers. Has a great dislike for any books
beside "Diamond Dick's" and " Tip Top's." Was
one time known to peacefully slumber for t wo cl ays,
without awakenin g. Expects to be Adjutant next
year but we fear we would be un ab le to see him .
Sergeant Compan y A; Assistan t Town and Campus
Editor R AT-T AT; (/J K; (/) }; K
LEHOY
" R u be.''
"His 1'cndting ambition overlea ps itself.''
One of t he fn rnt ers of the class. When he ca1
r.e
to college he was so green he would not even sunburn .
His head is so fu ll of hayseeds his hair stands on end.
H ails from t he wilds of Sou thern Marylan d , and often
gives us an exhi bit ion of how he drives the ox cart.
I s a diligent student and a po le vaulter of some promi nen ce. Never was known to loo k at hum an bein gs
who wear dresses. An unsophisticated mortal who
walks in a sedate m anner, never laughs unless he has
to . Member of the Anti-Joke Society ; Corpora l
CompanyB; AssistantAlumniEditorRAT-TAT; rP JVI .
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1'. B u HK F: , Jr.
" Lover "
"Affectation is a greater enemy to the fa ce than
the smallpox.' '
Belt's sid e pa rtner, in conjun ction wi t h whom
he ma kes mi serable t he li ves of t he privates in Company
B. Once had a S11·eetheart bu t it is beli eved she jil ted
him ; sin ce t hen he has not been held accountable for
wh at he does. H as an in exhaustible supply of slang
wit h whi ch he kee ps t he class well suppli ed. H as t he
greatest aversion for anything resembling work .
Broke hi s reeo rd by studying fif teen minutes in one
,,·eek.
N
fath. fiend, and deli ghts to work in t he
bo tani cal laboratory (?) . Looks like an exploded
gaso lin e bubble. Sergeant Company B; Glee Club ;
Assistan t ·Miscellaneo us Editor R AT-TAT; rP K.
" S enator.''
CuTHBERT C. CATH cAnT.
" Discretion in speech is more than eloquence.' '
This lad hails from the coal fields of Allegheny
County and has not yet su cceeded in removing t he
coal dust from hi s eyes and ears. T alks so much and
says so li ttle. Best example of a mi li tary school boy
tha t can be found . Walks so straight you would t hink
he had swallowed a ram-rod . I s of a very invent ive
and scien t ific trend of mind, having patented a m achin e
to calculate t he number of words H ech t can say in a
second , and discovered the kind of bacteria that live on
the 129th leg of a centipede. Corporal Company B;
Assistan t Business Manager RAT-TAT; rP K.
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�FnA"crs B. GwYNN.
'VrLLIAM F. CHILDS, Jr.
" H e sits amongst
" B uclc ."
J oHN C. CoLLINSON.
" Good looking and knows i t ;
A prize- fight er and shows i t.''
m en like a descended God.' '
One of the few youn g id eas of Ann apolis who have
m ade a suc cess of life. Keeps a grocery store , and is
proud of it.
A mi litary man of the first degree,
although he is se re on t he mi litary department. Drop
a penny in the slot and hea r this cyclone talkin g
m achine . H as ~:m inexhaustible supply of hot air , of
which he is ever ready to give you the benefit. Always
anxious to let you know what he has clone , but never
does an yt hin g Uses cheap co logne, and writes to
twenty-five different gi rls. Assista nt Miscellaneous
Editor RAT-TAT.
F ami liari ly c11ll ed " J oe'' on account of hi s stronrr
b
r esembla,n ce t o the prize fi ghter. Has a Nationa l
reputa t ion on acco unt of hi: pugilistic attainments.
H as an idea he can play fo otball. Heavy rusher of
t he girls, nevert heless, is studious and industrious.
Will laugh forty-eight hours about absolutely nothing.
Hi s origin is t:nknown, but is supposed to have escaped
from Ring Sing. After graduation, wi ll take up the
study of hor ticu lture , in the marshy regions of Prince
George County. Treasurer of RAT-TAT, consequent ly
it is expected that t he Board wi ll have to appeal to the
b11nkruptcy laws. Corporal Compan y A; (jJ Jvf.
" Johnny.''
BJ-::-IJA:\HK HA "C'E,
" B enjy.''
" I n li ttle measU1·es, one m ay be perfect. ''
This little fellow is a direct descendant of the
" Black Dwarf,' ' at least this is the on ly way we can
accoun t for his size. W eight, 56 pounds 7 ounces ;
heig ht 4 feet 2 in ches. H e properly belongs in the
Prep. school but by some unaccountable means he is
allowed to remain in Seni or H all. Very fond of chemistry but P rof. is always worri ed for fear he wi ll fa ll into
a test tube and brea k his neck. Great favorite with
t he ladies because he is such a "cute chi ld.'' Corporal
Compan y A; Li terary Editor RAT-TAT; (jJ K.
There is a gi ft beyond the reach of art , that of being
eloqtwntl y silent.' '
A sober and industrious youth who escaped from
a deaf an d dumb institution and through sympa thy
was taken in a.t St. John 's. Looks m ost intelligent
when he kn o11·s absolutely nothing about t he subj ect.
Completely passive and opposed to exertion of any
kind . A member of t he Anti-Joke Society. Trying
to get a grease with Major Thompson so he can get a
corporalcy next year. H as no reason for li ving , t herefore walks around to save funeral expenses.
•
H uCJ- A. Cou LBOURN.
r
"Cue.''
" Th e empty vessel makes the greatest sound.''
Alas ! for t he poverty of the English language
when it comes to describing this hot-air m erchan t
bluffer, military man , athlete, society man , and what
not. Reall y a past master in t he art of bluffing h as
succeeded in bluffing hi s way thus far t hrough college.
Hankin g offic er of the class, and vmnts everybod y to
know it. P lays his card s well and wou ld st and in
well with every bod y. Perfectly satisfi ed with him self ,
but with no one else. His equal for gall and sarcasm
cannot. be found. Sergeant Compa~iy J3; President of
Class; Busin ess Manager RAT-TAT; (jJ JI!I.
J oHN T . HARRI~ ON .
" Jak e."
"Unbecoming forwar dness often proceeds from
- gnorance and i mpudence.''
i
Th e su bject ('f t hi s sketch , alias " Mercury," is the
swiftest member Gf the class, and a star of the first
m agnitude in t he socia l firm ament. Hi s white locks
and a labaster face are so becoming that t he girls go
wi ld over him. H as a " grease'' with t he Profs. Tryin g hard to be Maj or. Correspon ds with not less th an
fifty girls. J ake's greatest fault is his weakn ess for
t he fair sex ; has been known to call on t en different
girls in one afternoon . Spends most of his t im e " d own
town. '' Presid ent of the Ind olen ce Club ; Sergeant
Company A ; Town and Campus Editor RAT-TAT;
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" Jo e.' '
K; <P Z K.
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�I saac.' '
one hand he put a penny ~n the urn of po~·
erty, and with the other he took a shilli ng out.' '
This fellow, we believe, belongs to t he gem;fl
" homo ,'' alt hough we will not underta ke to say positively. H as a natura l affinity for m oney, and holds
to it so tight he squeezes t he life out of the eagle. During one of his benevo lent m oods he m ade " Tomm y'' a
present of $10. Often t reats his friends to ice cream
( ?) . Can talk m ore and say less t han any m an in the
class . Very much infatuated with a " Belle.' ' Came
from the land of Nowhere (Havre de Grace). Jt is hard
to tell whether he will be a philantrophist, or a seller
of cheap clot hing. Corpora l Company B; Business
lVIannger R A·r-TAT ; 1/J K.
" 1 oc.''
ll
E DGAR H . McBRIDE.
" H e hath a heart as sound as a bell , and his tongue
is the clapper , for what his heart thinks his tongue speaks."
This m odest , unsophisticated yout h hails from
the backwoods (Frederick Count y). H as a mind
particularly adapted t o arguing ; will argue that "black
is whi te'' for t wenty-four hours, wi thout even stoppin g t o take breath. R eads Latin and Greek for
recreation , speaks French and Chin ese flu ently,
studies Math and Chemistry for pleasure. A member
of the pig-headed , crack-brained , pedagogical pscyhologicalistically inclined band of yout hs. Intends to
becom e a member of the Faculty, for which position
his n arrow-mindedness and eccentriciti es eminentl y
fit him. Assist ant Editor-in-Chief of RAT-TA ·r ; 1/J K .
" HT~ th
" L oveme.''
P. KA N Jc.
"I m eddle with everybody's business but my own."
For unmitigat ed " nerve,' ' colossal "gall'' and
" butting-in'' propensities t his Ruralite exceeds anyt hing ever introdu ced at St . John 's. H as exercised
his favorite pastim e of " butting-in'' t o such an extent
t hat he is now nearly ba ld. H as a m ost exalted opinion
of himself , and defies mankind to dispute his stat ement.
Admitted once that he was wrong. I s m ost familiar
to us with a sickly smile on his fa ce. A heavy rusher
of the girls, and from this fa ct he derives his ni cknam e.
Corporal Company B-; Assistant Hum orous E dit or
R AT-TAT; I]J M .
IRYING
E ucEN J \N. YL~G R U D E n ,
<;
" Gene."
" B ehold the child by nature's kindly law,
Pleased W'ith a rattle, tickled with a straw.' '
This yout h , after wandering about th e street s of
Ann apolis for some t im e, was finally capt ured by the
S. P . C. A. and lodged in St . John 's for safe keeping ; and
soon became President of the " Disturbance Club ,''
on account of his a bility to create m ore di sturbance
than anybody in college. Together wit h Stone,
Strohm and Ru z, t hey form the Great Triumvirate
and invincible quartette of St . John 's. H as a very
bad h abit of m akin g war on " Buzzard 's R oost. ''
Corporal Company A;
Assistant Miscellaneous
Ed itor RAT-TAT; 1/J M.
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\N AI! l'El t B. McE: n ;LEY.
"Curley.''
"He did nothing and he did it well."
This curly-h eaded negro preacher hai ls from the
lumbering camps of \N ashingt on Coun ty, where he 'vas
engaged in teaching the colored popul ation from th e
pulpi t . St arted to St. John 's with a baseball reput ation in his trunk , but lost it on the way . Thinks he
can do everything, but has only m ade a su ccess in th e
art of "bumming tobacco .'' Idles awa y his time and
t alks cont inuall y a bout what he has done. Expects
to becom e a missionary in the F iji Islands. Sergeant
in Band ; Glee Club ; ·Miscellaneous E ditor of R AT-TAT;
mM.
" P ip.''
" One ear hear-d it, and at the other out it went.' '
This youth , who looks as if he had been sent for
and could n ot come, is Thomas Me lvi1~, Ruz 's twin
brother and partner in all the t ricks t hat are perpet rated around College. H as an habi tual laugh which
he intends to ha ve patented. Very studious, has often
been known to st ay up until 6.00 A.M. "studying.''
Never was known to h ave anything whi ch he could
borrow. H as a great aversion for any exer cise m ore
strenu ous than playin g" m arbles.' ' Corporal Company
TH OMAS M E L VI N.
A; !/JM.
7.5
�As H l·:n
H owAIW T. RuBL.
"Father T ime.''
"A babe in a house is a well spring of 7
Jleasure.''
Thi s yo ut h blew in upon L rather suddenly at t he
:s
beginning of t he year. He is so small (?) that he sits
in a high chair and has to be fed wit h a spoon . A
Mellin 's F ood ent husia. t , and consumes a great amount
or Mrs. ·w i ns low's Soo thin g Sy rup. W e have to kee p
him chained to prevent him from bein g lost. Never
was known to t hink , a lways lets someone do it fo r him .
Con tinually blacks his ·face wit h s hoe- polish instead of
his shoes. Mem ber Gf t he Rurali te Club; Assistant
Li terary Ed ito r R\ T-T AT; (jJ M .
R.
SMITH.
" Smitt y.''
" fhs disease might be insanity , but that surpasses
intelligence.' '
This lad wi t h t he beaut iful fl a xen loc ks ha ils from
t he land "w here t hey shove l snow'' (Snow Hill ). Oh!
how can one do jL:sti ce in desc ri bin g t he many pec uliarit ies and eccentricit ies of this youth , as mad as a "March
H a re'' and as changea ble as t he wind. Smit h, the
sc hola r, poet, at hlete, lover and d is penser of hot a ir,
ga ve his sui tcase away while returning from St. Louis.
H ow much is 91 cents? If l "ncle As her cou ld onl y see
m e now ! Corpora l Company A; Hum orous Ed itor
HAT-'1\ vr; Class Historian ; (jJ K .
ALI':X ANDI·:n NicC . Sn: n :Ns.
R AOUL J. Ruz.
" Dago .''
" J\1[ en li ke wagons rattle most when th ey are empty."
This you th was picked up in H avana, Cuba, an d
borne to St. J ohn 's on t he wings of a hurricane. Ever
since he has made miserable the lives of t he Prof. an d
every body wit h whom he comes in co ntact. A singer
of no te, his fa vc rite song being " I stood on the bridge
r"t midnight,'' meaning the East por t bri dge . vVe do
not know what he intends to do after graduation , but
owing to his ability to. clim b lamp-posts and hi s fondness for light work , we proph esy that he will be a lam plighter. Co rporal Company B ; (jJ M.
J OHN G. 8 1-1 J·: ARER .
" T ubby."
" I dleTs cannot even find time to be idle.' '
As his name indicates he is t he most corpulent
member of t he class, so much so t hat he can scarcely
squeeze into his room. Ta kes li quid nourishment, a nd
studies hard to reduce his weight . Never was known
to attend more than two recitations per week. H as
t he greatest dislike for any kind of exercise. H as
no part icul ar aim in life, but lives, for t he sa ke of livi ng.
"
Will dou btlessly become a coal miner. A mem ber of
t he F at Man 's Club. Se rgeant Com pany B ; Secretary
R AT-T • Manager F ootba ll T eam ; Class Treas urer ;
\T;
(jJ
M; rP
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K.
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"Brick · 'l' op.''
" T hou living ray of intellectucd fir e.''
This yout h , wi t h Emera ld Isle wri tten in bo ld type
a ll over his coun tenr.n ce, belongs to the fo ur mem bered
red-headed league. T so Irish t hat he will run after
s
anyt hin g green . Slow and deli berate in s peech and
actions, a lways t hin ks t hree times an d never speaks
at a ll. H as reeently beco me melancholy and sits
around in obscure co rners , cons umi ng en or mous quantities of " bummed'' tobacco , bu t we ma ke a llowances
for him , kno,ri ng t hat he has been jilted by a beaut iful
Ann apolis belle. Cc rpA l Com pany A; Captain
ra
Foot ball Team , '06; Assistant Athletic Ed itor R .-I. T T AT; (jJ Jl;f ; (j) ~ IC.
R I C J-I A RD
STONE.
" Dick. "
" 7'heTe are bm ying men in the world as well as braying asses.''
The subject of t llis sketc h is one of t he few m en in
t he class who reall y has a defini te and well defin ed object in view ; t hat is, to bum tobacco and read cheap
li tera ture. Swears by Ru z and Strohm. Occasion ally
strays into a class room , wit h t he express purpose of
worrying t he Prof. H as a sweet melodious vo ice like
a " busted siren." His favorite amusement is in as king foo l questions. H as t aken fi rst prep. Lat in so long
that he can recite it by heart.
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�A. STROH::IL
" Du tch,"- " J
l1outh.''
" Jll[ adness , we fancy , ga ve an ill-tim ed birth to gr·inning laughter and to fr-antic mirth.' '
Dutch, is a very ami able boy, his on e great redeeming quali ty being his mouth , which extends from on e
audi tori al projection to the other, and afford s an excellent opportunity to hide selected cards. An elocutioni st of prominence, wears the same size hat , shoes
and collar. His head is so light t hat it is impossibl e
for him to eli ve. W alks so straight that you would
think it impossible for him to steal ice but he has slipped
up on t hat. Sergeant in Band; Assistant Miscellaneous Ed itor RAT-TA'r: rJJ M .
·wiLLIAM
CHArtLES__E . TI LGHMAN ,
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"llif elancholy as a loveT' s lute.' '
This lad hails from the confin es of t he " E astern
f::l ho' ,'' where he was engaged in training the young
m in ds how to shoot. Dropped in upon us rather unexpected ly t hi s year, but we are glad to have a li ttle
femininity in the class . Believes t ha t silence is the best
pa rt of virtue; will not even cra ck a smile at Pokey's
jokes. \¥ as reared in a school for mutes. A member
of t he Ruralite and Anti -j oke Societies. Fond of doing a bsolu tely nothing. Expects to engage in farming.
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Aufwiedersehen .
"IVai. ''
M. T E RRY.
"To despise our species is the price tve must too often
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1ay for our knowledge of i t.' '
This lad is from the U . S. Naval Academ y and
wants everybody to know it. Never was known to
speak only in monosyllables. " Say, Nat ''"hose your
girl ?'' "Dunno.'' " Have you got one? " " Dunno."
W ouldlike to be a society m an if he could. A scholar
with loads of learned lum ber in hi s head . Som etimes
tries to tea ch the Profs. but has never yet succeeded
in convincing "Ducky" that he knows Mat h. Has
no ambition except t.o become profi cient in the art of
jerking soda water.
NATHA N IEL
A LJ.;XAl\DErt
c. THOMPS ON .
" R ev.' '
" Long and lean , lank and thin as one of Satan 's
cherubim .' '
Rev. is a cute littl e fell ow who reminds one very
forcibly of Ichabod Crane. His long limbs and shovel
feet continuall y carry him in t he direction of "Market
Space,'' wh ere he sings " Anna virum que cano '' to hi s
sweetheart, with th e accent on the "Anna,' ' with appropriate illustrations. The shortest fellow in the class,
in fact , so very small that he is familiarly !mown as
"Baby Con tee.' ' Has a wonderful im agination, even
imagining that he can preach , but we suggest that he
make a contract for sweeping clouds from the sky.
Corporal Company B; Secretary of Class ; Alu mn i
Editor RAT-TAT; rJJ Jl!I .
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�Junior History.
A,; ic 11-ou lei take volurn es to relate n,ll c:mcerningth e Class of 190! , it is dee1~1e_d
wi se to ment ion on y a ew fa cts which are self- ev id ent. In t he first place ~ ~ IS
really a pleasure to write about such a bright looking bun~h of fellows 1~ow ~~andm g
o·inninO' of t he rou o·h and stony path way leadmg to t he great ha ll of
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fame'' all eager to have t heir names in scribed upon tts wa s.
n many respec. s
the 1
go7 class has not been excelled by any class in the his_tory of the College and m
some respects is far superior to m an y. This is shown b~ rts ~·~prcsentattves on t~c
different teams, in the different clubs and societ ies, by Its chhgent students, hard
working earn est men, and in m any othe : ways needless to m~nt_t ~n:
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T o be in touch " ·it h present events con cernm g t he class, 1t Js 11 ell to m en tiO n
just a few t hings which c-ame to pass in the two years pre vwus. In our first year:
very litt le happened, wi t h the except ion of t he f~n the Sopho;11o_res h_ad at om_
tl "Gl Club '' cte .--of course we enJoyedrt (?) . fh1 s was the year
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expense, 1e
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that J ohn H arrison won t he co llege cham pionshi p m tenms, an .
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eon templated being eaptain of the n ext year's _football team , be 1de 1n_nnmg l1.1
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laurels in baseball and t rack . In a little while J.t wa Jun e and we cl epm ted to om
hom es for t he ho lid ays.
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'Nhen \Ve came bac:k in September we were So phomores- felt b Jg~determin ed to have the dwellers of both Pinkney and Humphrey to do our_ brddmg_
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This of co urse was to keep t he yo un g in t he ri ght path . One ra~d foll o,ved
. "ncl often t im es in t he dead of night we would go through old Pmkney lt ke
anot,l1er, "
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, t . o·· . la rin o· tai 1 cyclon e from T exas, takin g everythm g and every body as we"' en , J eo all
;ess ;f ;ost, which (to our sorrow) we aft erward s found to be eve~ se venty dollars,
which a few fellows kindl y(?) agreed to pay. This was t he year m whiCh Benn e~~
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IOS t IliS "collar· I '' and Smith his "sui t case.'' in whi ch Belt sang Cl Lazy 1\'JI oon , d
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and "Cath 'frizzled li ke a fried egg,"' in wh.ieh Ruz "warted for . :ns~r,n e , an
Thompson received a telegram which" lookecl li_ke his Sister 's wn t~n ~;, J ac:.::son
was married, Oti s Draper" got drunk '' and lVJcl(mley " played po ker , m sum mary , it m ay be fit ly c;a,l led the "Annus Mirabilis.'' .
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1\fter t he summ er vacation, we came bac k loo lun g bught and cheerful, dete1
min e.d to 1york hard , t hi s being our Junior year. "\N e had_ to ,"cut out'' all o~,~.
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boy1sh t n· cks and be men as 1 " ·ere . "'P on mv word ' rsn t t hat a-b-s-u-r-d .
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Hurkc " arrived from Ke" · Ya 11·k, on a li ght uin g ex press, an d upon the inn er elbow
of his rear lapel was a bu tton ext racted from the left ca r of Bcclcli a's ri ght shoe ."
H e, as usual, was sin gin g" Back , Back, Bac: k to Haltimore.'' D raper hearin g t hi s so
melod iously sun g, at once des idcd to go to H op kins. This ;:;onp: a lso in spired " D ick"
~tone and " Du tch'' Strohm to want to fi re " Bu zzard ';; Roost ,'' ;:;o the? 11·ere
made leaders of a brigade detailed to r a id t he aforesa id "restin g place.'' During
thifi year many t hin gs of importan ce h ave happened.
Coul bourn was elected Presid ent wit h Anderson \'i ce- Pres ident of t he elass .
And erson , Brady, Bordley and Gwynn m ade t he font ba ll team, 1rhi le Steven::; 11·a;:;
elec:tecl captain. E:ane "fell in love," Be lt saluted a policema n," J oe Gan s'' ent·erecl
t he prize rin g, and severa l ne11· men entered t he class, a ll of 11·hom pr01·ed themRei ves to be wor thy m em bers.
This brings us up to the presen t time wh en Ru z, no longer " 1Yaits upon the
Ji:astport bridge at midnight ,' ' but upon t he porch of a stone hou13e, whi le the
i3< t imore Coun ty air seems to agree with him. No w it i., t hat even "O icl l\ing"
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Brady 's " fan cy light ly t urn s to thoughts of love,"-he has it bad , and he too may
be in cluded among that bri lliant" galaxy of lovers,'' of \rhich Burke is the c ter,
·en
who spend their tim e in learn ing by heart and compellin g their s11·ecthcart s to
li sten to scores of those long and ready m ade speeches fu ll of m oon li ght serenades,
peeping stars nestlin g in azure ski es, and long sentences tied up with t rue lovers'
knots . Collin son , an un sophisticated sor t of a yo ut h , notices t he " doings'' of hi ;:;
fe llow-townsmen , t hough he has but little to say. Hi s friend Chi lds cl esen·es
specia l mention , as he is a crac k shot an d supplies the Co llege \\·ith cluc·ks, 1rilcl
geese (?), unbeli evable yarns, etc. R u h l, "Father Tim e, the I ,'' and Ti lghm an , his
_vo un ger brother are new m en- of these 1re have seen but li tt le and can on!~- t a lk
accordingly. So far they have been goo d, earn est, ·hardworkin g fe llo\\·s, and ''"e
t hink t hey wi ll " keep the ball a-rolling. "
Of McKinley, better kn own as "Nigger Preacher ,'' it is needless t o say a
word; his bright open face speaks fo r itself ; in it you can plain ly see those marks
a nd ind icat ions by which we determine noble characters and high principles. H ere a
11·ord should be said for Shearer, anot her m an with a bri ght, smi lin g coun tenance
a lmost rivaling the sun in brigh t ness. Shearer, " Pots" Mi ller and J\1es ersm ith
a re thinking seriously of forming a beef trust. 1\:ane, at t im es called " Love-me,"
is Shearer 's room -mate-a lover and does "all sorts of funny stunts," but " Joye
is blind and lovers cannot see t he petty follies t hey them selves commit.'' Next
in line comes Stevens, t he only Irishm an in t he class; he a lso belongs to t he aforesaid
" lovers ' galaxy'' and amuses him self by sin gin g " :J'fy Irish Mollie, 0.'' H e an d
hi s strenuous room -mate, "Butti nsky'' Coulbourn , som etim es knmvn as "Cue''
are the greatest " rough-housers' ' in the class. H echt and Co ulbourn , on aceo unt
of their a bi lity to te ll a - - withasLraight face were made business managers of the
" RA'l.'-TAT,'' " ·it h Cathcart their assistant; for the last mentioned we m a~- sn y
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�that be is one of those men "who willfu l stillness entertain,'' as if to say " L
am Sir Oracle (Senator) , when I ope m y lips let no dog bark.' ' Next comes
H an ce, "Speeclleburger' '-he rooms with Burke the lover, whom we think is
contemplating matrim ony as he h as already started a book, entitled "Confessio
Am antis.'' Burke's great chum and ide partner is Belt, whose sweet li ttle smile
much resembling a " Lazy Moon ,'' greatly amuses t he fellows. It 's the same old
smile he used to ">vipe off" in the "G. 0. H ."
Across from Belt, rooms Arnold , "ye call him 'Chief ' and ye do well to call
him 'Chief' who for five long years has played upon t his campus and only sixteen
times has been mistaken for Co lbert.'' H e and his neighbor Gwynn , known to
all as " J oe Gans'' are great pugilist s. Anderson is" Joe 's'' trainer and so far h as
been exceedingly su ccessful. H e also h as " Rube'' Bowen and Thompson under his
care; they have both developed into fine ath letes.
The former
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The first of us on dri ll a nd roll bco k n am ed
Is " ~ndy" Anderson in footba ll famed,
Of lll Jghty strength, and bowed out legs and knees
~ studious ('?) brain, black ha ir, a nd eyes t hat ple~se
'I he other sex ; an cater so 'tis said
Who like a wolf is rave nous till he's' fed.
This swell cadet a se rgeant you would know
Though 'twere the first t ime yo u had seen l~im show
His stripes, and stru t a round in peacock style·
'Tis Arnold kn own to Vonnie by his wile
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And everyday m idst shouts and sinuinu loud
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He finds himself by ' foresaid Prof. ";ud oud.' ,'
A strong sto ut boy with sinewy hand,
Sometimes known as "pole vault man."
The latter is:
Tall and slim with foreh ead pointed,
Lean and lank and double-jointed.
In other words they form wh a t is known as the "long and short" of the
Class of 1907. Bordley , alias "Bob,'' alias "Scrunt ,'' alias "Vonney ,'' was one of
the ch arter members of the class. H as been here so long he is almost bald, and his
age is already (?) hastening on to bring its fourth lustrum t o a close.
As we have to sto p sometime might as well be now, leaving volum es to
remain un told about the class whose triumphs and successes will be renewed wi th
greater and greater luster in time to come, when other classes will be forgotten or
live only in thesongsof the"RAT-TAT." At first sightof thisconstellation onewould
say : " They look bright and ambitious, and t here is no doubt that America wi ll
some clay feel their breath u pon her."
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In closing let us, one and all , look to that Omnipotent Being who has been
so kind to us in the past, who has watched over and helped us when dark
shadows seemed to hang aroun d, and wit h all sin cereness say:
"Lord of the Universe
Shield and protect us,
Trusting Thee always," d ear Father in Heaven;
Thou ever h as helped us.
Now don't neglect us,
And ever watch o'er us"- t he Class of '07.
HISTORIAN.
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Junior Poetry.
Oh! te ll me how t he next one to describe·
Who 's fond of everythin(J" he can im bibe' '
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Salutes p?licemen, si ngs t he " Lazy Moon,''
Infla tes h1s chest somewhat as a balloon?
And what a brace ! To see yo u will ha ve felt
Yo u 'd know him a lways as t he on ly Belt.
Our Editor-in-Chief he is a fake
In ~aking bluffs be-well, just ta kes the ca ke;
l-Ie IS mdeed polite a nd debonair
But wai t un ti l he gets upon a "t~ar.''
By now you know it's Bennett, he a lone
Is fond of Math, and just delights to bone.
A Vonn ie, Wordie, scruntie lad ies' man
With shuffling gait a nd voi~e t hat's und: r ba n,
Is Bordley, a football star in his own conceit.
You'd think t hat small a nd spare he little could ea t
But don 't believe it, for he'd eat up a ll
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The grub and piEs t hat are in th Dininu H a ll •
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The next in li ne is Bowen, short an d tough
H e's good in class but poor to work a bluff:
Altho.ugh a·~ Re,ub?" he knows how to poleva uh ,
And 1f he d1dn t twere a serious fau lt
Because 'tis all he's good in,-that 's a' fact,
And a fter a ll he's not so good in t hat.
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�I now refer t o Brady, not the King,
Al t hough he m ay be good at detecting
All kinds of things he isn 't wanted in .
H e's in his elem ent amidst the din
Of football fi er ce , in which he is a peach,"
And t hinks him self "the pebble on the beach."
Potts Burke the love r I now in t rcdu cc,
The sergeant " Boike,' ' the cra nk , t he silly goc>sc ;
He 's light on top , but kno \\·s it not a bi_,
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He is indeed a bu bble e \·e ry "·hit .
H as lxen in love for gracious k n0 \\'S how long .
The fool ! he r eckon s maniage o ne gra nd song.
Our Class is fam ed t o ha ve a i:lenator ,
Alt hough Cath cart is nothin g but a bore;
H e likes t o dan ce and jig above H ea rn 's h ead ,
And rip and tear upon a classmate's bed.
Alas ! he was a good boy on ce, t hey say,
But n ow he has by H echt been led astray.
H e is a boy we'd have you know, before
You chan ce to t hink his head is stuffed with lore ;
Indeed 'tis qui te a vacuum, all agree,
And how he kn ows so mu ch we can not see .
His name is Childs , no dou bt you 've hea rd him t a lk .
F or with his tongue he 's n ot so apt to balk.
A backward lad , of Collinson I speak ,
H e's got t h e ~ri t but h asn' t got t he cheek ,
And could not work a skin gam e if h e tried;
A sample of the saying I confide, '
In smallest p ar cels goods are pu t up best,
'Tis t r ue, alth o11gh som etimes he is a pest.
Another n ow, is Coul bourn yo ung and gay,
A h and some boy, but va in as an y jay;
An oysterm an of wide repute and fame,
From some place tl1 at has Crisfield for its nam e.
At Madam e Bond 's he 's ver y fond of lunch,
Is Prcsid Pnt of this '07 bund1.
Of Gwy1m, th Pre 's nothing mu ch th at can be said ,
Of whom th e Freshies had a mortal dread;
A celebrat ed boxer, he is called
" Joe Ga ns,' ' and never yet has been a ppalled
By scrapper black C' r whi te, or an y kind.
P ossesses t oo mu ch a rm , too little mind.
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The n ext is H ance , a Speedelb urge r t win ,
And wi th his foo ks he pa rt nership is in
' Vith Burton, a nd is fri sking hi ther , thither,
The goodn ess kn ows n ot how, or wh en , or whi t her ;
H e's li t tl e, bu t th ey say th at he's in lo ve
Wi t h so me A nnapolis girl- his pea rl , his dove .
H e is a m erry chap, an angel-face .
Wi th comely shape, a nd limbs so full of g race;
A beau , 'mongst ladi s he delights to loll,
And t hinks t hat st ud ies a re bu t fol-de-rol.
H e's Sergean t, t hinks he 's Colonel- hu t he's not,
A t rack rn a n , H a rrison , full of tomm yrot-.
The vYandcring .Tow, h ow can I tell H echt 's talc
A ho t air pipe, a vo ice wit hout a jail;
Of word s he never ha s t he slightes t dearth.
Niein Go tt ! I 'll h a ve mv m oney or its wor t h·
A Business lVIana!!:er of. t his shcbano'
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A diplomat, a p eer of Li Hung Chang.
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'' 0 lub m e now" is E:ane beyond a doubt ,
Wit h brazen cheek , an d proper brai11s wi t hout;
A butter-in he is too mu ch we think
His hair is slick , 'a nd never has a kinl~
Like Colbert 's or lVJcE:in!P.y 's eit her one.
He's good t o laugh , but list not to his p un.
llfagruder 's n ext, a t ra ck team m an of speed ,
A favorite fri end of Vonnie sore in need·
H e's fond of Math, and a lmost everythi~g,
And to " Dutch' ' Strohrn you 'll a lways see him cling.
A negro once his features d isarranged ,
And since his love for t hem has great ly cha nged .
A h am1less guy , I 'd have you know ere you ,
Believe his yarns, unlikely to be t rue;
A studious boy-no m a n by a ny m eans,
And yet a n emptier of so up t ureens ,
:Yieat plat es, teacups, McBride just loves to ca t ,
And in exam s. t o bone and gouge and cheat.
An oth er p reacher, won 't t hey soon be all'!
Who pla ys football a nd triEs t o play baseball,
1\'i t h hair like Colbert's, curly, full of kinks,
A lot to learn-h e kn O\YS it not, by Jinks !
A maste r of t he noble art of bluff
:YJcKinley is a h ypocri t ical t ough. '
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�Although " Pip" Melvin has t he grit and nerve ,
H e fools not with t he Ana lytic cur ve;
H e shows his sense in leavin g Ducky be
His "Caka lus'' a nd Trigonometry.
H e's sma ll but judge him not by shape or size,
Or maybe he would op en up your eyes .
Of "Slimmie'' Ruhl , t he boxer, now I spea k,
Who lo ves his voice, his figure , and his Gree k;
Of sh oe-blac k he h as never felt the need,
Unaware that a friPnd in need is a friend indeed .
His stride is something awful to behold ,
His limbs a re models for an artist 's mould.
The Dago, noted for his love affairs,
I s next, and in his heart there 'a lways tears
Some cruel, jilted love t hat's d ying ha rd ,
Or maybe several hours to wa lk on guard;
H e's up to t ri cks of ever y sort and kind,
We blame not Ru z for we know love is blind.
Next, " Tubby" Shearer t ruly I'll describe ,
A m ember of th e Allegheny t ri be,
Who goes to none but " Tommy's'' l3ible Class .
A great exponen t of the hot-air gas,
Who sits a round , a nd talks t he wh ole long day;
A m ass of fat, a mind that's led astray.
11ehold the Dutchman, inn ocent e f g uile!
His face is wreathed in an a lkncircling sn~ i b
That bids defi an ce to the specter Math ,
The ca use of a ll o ur s ins of a ll our wrath 1
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So ta lka tive is Strohm , ''tis hard, a
To edge in now a nd then a nd h ave it heard.
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"Xat" Terry next, so s ilen t, strange, a nd grurn ,
Who 's a lways pu tting som et hing e n t he bt:m;
H e likes to stru t around in style, and smo ke,
Has never seen the poin t cf any joke.
H e's learn ed, doubt it if you will ,
His brains t he head of a ny pin wou ld fi ll.
I now bring for t h a youno- man m odest mild,
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He's yet in clined to be a Uttle ,;,i ld ·
A li terary (?) genius, talented
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With stuff enough to Jill m o re t ha n one head.
H e's from the farm, m ost anyene can see,
F or oth erwise a Tilgh-ma n he'd ne t be.
And now t he last but not t he leas t indeed
I s Thompso n, who for shorter legs has ne~d;
A scholar if he'd only study scm e,
And we have hoprs t hat needed day m ay com e.
A sirnple stuffer like m ost all the res t
H e preys upon t he "General 's" food ~vith zest.
A yout h with flax en hair and staring eyes,
Which cha nges on a -sudden to surprise,
As some new thought or idea strikes his m ind;
H e in t he British Admira l 's cabin dined ,
'Twas butting-in, but this he'll no t agree.
Smith lost his suitcase once while on a spree.
A red-h aired, bricktop Flanagan Stevens now
Presents him self with lazy, slothful bow,
H e's captain of our com ing footba ll team,
Although 'two uld be the last th ing you would dream;
A happy-go-lucky and ne 'er-do-wcll is he,
The blindest, looniest, craziest m a n could see.
" Dick" Stone, a wild and wofully waywa rd lad,
vVho always is laughing, joking, merry and glad;
H e's from downtown, and ever has a girl,
Who keeps his heart in one continua l whirl.
H e's short and small in stature, feet, a nd brain ,
On the last of which our Logic is a drain.
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�THE ANNAPOLIS GIRL
�SOPHOMORE GIRL
�MOTTO.
" Non nobis sol-um.' '
COLORR .
R ed and Gray.
CLASS OFF ICERS.
G. iYI. AusTI:-<.
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H. Hutson. .
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�Sophomore Class.
Brunswi ck , JVL .
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ALDER , " Fcriry ,"
" Light she was and like a fairy .''
Norfolk , Va .
LI~ Dr-: N ALr"l·:x , " TVinsome,"
" The world 's but one g rand m ins trel show upon whose scenes he pla ys
an attending p art. "
:Mardel a Springs, Mel .
GEOHGE M. A usTIN, " Tomm y,"
" Pleased to m e et you , Dr. Fell. "
Quanti co, Mel .
vVALTEn BAILEY, " B ill, "
" If we could see ourselves as other s see us. "
Prince Frederi ck , Mel .
LA WrtE ~c r-: M. BmscoE , "Peep, "
" Chicle m e not, I am but a child. ''
Prin ce Frederick, ~1Id.
'vV. NonwooD BRISCOE, "Judge, "
" None but himself can be his parallel. "
J a rretts vi lle, Mel .
JoHN I. B u RTON, "S peedy,"
"Su ch men are dangerou s. "
W as hington , D. C.
NEWTON F . CARPE ~TER , "Ford,"
" On their own m erits, modest m en are dumb! "
E as t on , Mel .
FRANK E . C.- ULK, "Cork ,"
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" I live to love.''
Millersville, Mel .
HowARD L. CloCIL, Turk ey III.,
"Som e cla y I wll be a milita ry m an . "
Annapolis, l\fcl.
JAiVms .M. CRESAP, "Jimmy, "
" So wise, so young they say d o n e 'er live lon g. "
Chaney 's , l\Iel.
URQUHART S . D o w ELL, "Crackers,"
~I aj o r , U rket , Caterpilla r , H ercules, Spieler.
Bright on , Mel.
AnTHUR GARTRELL, "Lizzie,"
" Picks his t eeth with a d agger. "
Ann a po lis, }Jcl.
FRA NK H . GAuss, " Frankie,"
" Who thinks too little anJ who t a lks too much. "
Perry H a ll, Mel .
C. RAYMOND HALBF:RT, "Reds,"
" A wit "-ith dunces, and a dunce with wits . "
B a ltimore, l\'fcl.
H ERSCHEL 0. HALBERT, "Lou ,"
" 0 if I 1rere onl y as famous as my brother!"
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J u Lw::; HAu,, " J udy ,"
Anna polis, Mel.
" Like .·om e fair fl o1rer t he ea rl y s pring supplies . "
HAROLD H AHDING E, " Bum,' ·
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Elli cott City, Mel .
"Bid m e discourse I sh a ll enehant thy nam e. "
F . LIC: HTFOOT L. HAHH ELL, " J[ ex."
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Ahua la lco , lVh )xi co.
"Coyote, Afri can us, Greaser , D ago, Sergean t . "
B a ltimore, iVId.
PHILIP H . HARHJ SOK, " Laml1 ,"
" Am erica h as at last produ ced a ma.n (in his own estim a tion ) .
\ \TrLLLnr E. HA uvr; n , " J ight H awk ,"
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1 yersville, :M:d.
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" A proper m an as one sh a ll see on a summ er 's day . "
H owAHD H uTSOK, "Cmmtry,"
Cortner , ~Id .
"Swift of foot and keen of limb. "
Cum berland , lV[cL
Awr rTUn R. LA ~EY, " Fickle W illie ,"
"~'I an delights n ot me ; n o, nor do women eith er. "
Sparrows Point , Md.
B u nNs L oc:AN, "Bu ll, "
" Ofttimes the y heard a m ost melodious sound. "
Co ckeysv ill e, Mel .
A. GALLATIN Lov E, " Possum ,''
" Eternal smiles his empt iness bet r ay . "
Bowens, Mel.
l\Lu~cu::; T . L us BY, " Doc,''
" My n ose is a better trailer than a bloodhound 's. "
Jefferson , : el.
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ALL.- N C. Mc BmnE, "Cm•sin Cholly II .,"
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" One a mong m an y .''
Baltimore, 'Mel.
~EWELL F. 1\lcD o R:vrA N, "J' [ac, "
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" I wi ll never butt-in again. "
Annapolis, : el.
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J osEPH P. l\I c~I A KI ~, " Joe,"
"Sublim e t obacco, "-hich from E ast to ·w est ch eers t he t ar 's la bor or t he
Turk_ an 's rest . "
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A. l\IELSO=", "Whitey,''
" \Vater Spaniel and Hyen a . "
Gr:oJWE L . }iiLLEn, " Pots, "
"My h eaven for an unwear able quill. "
VVA LTER ~'L UN ROE , " R eddy, "
" I h a ve no oth er than a woman 's reason ,
I think h im so becau se I think him so. "
\ VILLIAM NEILL, " Pappy,' '
" My heart 's \Yi t h you tonight , Love. "
R or:ER V . P AHLETT, " Fats,"
" My weight is mu ch too great I fear ,
From drink in g d a ily lager beer. "
\VrLLL1.:11 H . P EHKIKs , "Si,"
" As honest a sou l as ever scuttled a ship. "
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R oc kawa lking , Mel.
Il'ficlcl letown , Mel .
Annapolis, l\Id .
Charlestown , W . Va .
Anna polis, Mel.
Hancock , lVIJ.
�ALFONi'iO W . PEZlcT, "Peruna,''
Guatem ala . C. A.
"Bring back my bonnie to me.''
Quantico , Mel.
PRATT D. PHILIPS, "Pratt ,''
" 0 , if I could only see my future.' '
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Pocomoke City, : el.
FRANK A. PINKERTON," Detective,''
" H e still pursues t he villain.''
Sali sbury, Mel.
VvALLA CB M. Po>VELL, " L avey,''
"A loveli er creature I never beheld.' '
East on, Mel.
ALFRED G. QuiMBY, " Hor se,''
My only books were wom an's looks
And folly 's all they've taught me.
SAMUJCL A. RrcE , "Samba,' '
Baltimore, Mel.
" Does this thing call itself a man?''
FRJCDERI CK H. SASSCER, "Sass y,''
U pper Marlborough, Mel.
"vVhat's in a n am e, anyhow.''
CHARLES H . ScHUSTlm, "Goliath,''
J arretsville, Mel.
" Wh en I ope my m outh let no other dog baric ''
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C}IA RLJ<;s I-I. Sn uG ERT , "Sweets , ' '
Cl1fn I es t own, W . V a.
" The taste has soon worn off.''
.J. GRAHAM SHANNAHAN, "Monk,''
East on, Mel.
A dinner lubri cates business.''
RoBERT A. ST J;;RNBERG, " Dutch ,''
Catonsville, N .
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" And still they gazed and still their wonder grew,
That one small head held all the gas he blew."
DoNOVAN SwA NN, "Don,''
Baltimore, Mel .
" Blessed be he who first invented sleep.''
UPTON H. TA Rm;;RT, "Country ,''
Glen coe, Md.
"Although I am not much addicted to booze,
I 'm an intim ate friend of the everyday. snooze.''
LLEW I•:LLYN .J. THOMA S, "Chinee,''
Heading, Pa.
" \iVh y worry, life will pass any way.''
J OHN B. THOMA S, "Buck,''
BaJtimore, Mel.
"A t hing of beauty is a joy forever.''
CHARLES F. THOMAS, "Toady,''
Baltimore , Mel.
"A needy, holl ow-eyed , sharp-looking wretch-a li ving dead man.''
vVILFORD H . T OWNSEND, "Rabbi,''
Cheltenh am. Mel .
" This is th e Jew t hat Shakespeare drew .''
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Sophomore Histor-y.
As the sun was sinking behind the horizon on a cool September evening, the
boys who represented the Freshmen Class of last year were marchin g up t he old
College walk, sending forth shouts of joy, 'when from t he W alls of old Pinkney came
t he echo:
Rah! Rah! Rah! Rah! Rah ; Ri!
Red and Gray, S . J. C.
Rickety R acks ! Rah! Rah! Rate !
Saint John 's, '08 , '08, '08.
g iven by members of the Class who had arrived t he day before , and were filled with
the Saint John 's spirit.
We were ridiculed again and again last year by upper classmen and realizing
we were mere Freshies dared not say a word But what a change a year has
brought about. Ah! what a difference between the life of a Freshman and that of
a Sophomore A new existence seemed to be before us and no doubt it was as
Dr. Garver and Squire Willi m, who, in expressing their opinion, claimed they never
saw a m errier set of boys than the members of the Class of 1908.
As we look back to the time when we were Preps. and Freshmen, and think
of being made fun of and run by the Sophomores, we think life was hardly worth
living then We did not enjoy making love to a looking-glass or fri zzling like
an egg in order that the Sophomores migh t have their fun at our expense, nor did
we relish the idea of furnishing amusement for all upper class men, who took a
great delight in watching the number and variety of stunts we could do.
Many new students were enrolled t his year , and many of them were far enough
advanced to become members of such a noble body as ours. These men, however, would sometimes find their beds on the " bum'' then the "gas'' would be
turned on, and there was to be found floating around in the room a great deal of
"hot air,'' but that only lasted for a short time, when " Windsome' ' Allen would
s peak up and say, "Boys you must get accustomed to College life.''
"Windsome'' thinks he shall quit College and go on the stage; all he needs is
a monkey and a hand-organ , and h e will be ready to post bills, giving his first
performance in Annapolis. His class-mates think this a wi se plan as he is
a lways heard if not. seen. His Motto is," No Fool, No Fun.'' "Crackers'' Dowell
says he is capable of taking charge of the Battalion this year since the Sophomores
bestowed upon him the honor of being Ma jor of his class last year. Dowell would,
no doubt , be Major of the Battalion , but unfortunately for him his stunted growth
and lack of knowledge in Military Tactics deprives him of this position.
Next comes George Miller , more com monly known as "Pots,' ' who is forever
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�getting himself in troub le by setting off fire-crackers and ra1smg a disturbance ,
which calls forth the Professors in order that peace might be restored. "Potf;''
says, he thinl.::s by t he time he graduates he wi ll be the leading philosopher of the
Co llege, and then " .Pokey' ' Daniels \\-ill have to take a back seat . He is a very
important man in Company B. Alt hough he is in the rear rank , his abdom ina l
expansion is so great that t he front rank dresses on him .
One of t he leading men of our class is Burton , kno \- n as "8peedleburg," who
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wa,nts to be an A.B. , Ph.D ., LL.D., by the tim e he graduates.
Hi s room-mate, Schuster , from constant ly being in his company, thinks he too
1ri ll be able to get the same degrees , but t hey are advised by the class to go back
to t he farm.
Now comes Laney, generally called "Fickle vVillie,'' who says he would rather
be in Cum berland with t he girl who sto le his heart t han eating "General Grant's''
min ce pies. "Fickle" is a dead game sport and claims to be sornewhatofamusician.
Francis Lee Lightfoot H arrell , or the '~ifexic an Greaser,'' " Acting Sergeant of
the Fourth floor,'' is making strenuous efforts to get a "grease'' with Major Thompson, in order that he may he Major in his Senior year. Ma jor says, no doubt, he
will be a Senior but he must be d- el "pertikler'' if he ever expects to become
Major.
Quimby, although a football man , lacks his parents' care as he still cries for
the bottle. "Mother'' H earn, however, takes great pleasure in visitin g and pacifying him when he is longing for these parental caresses. Austin and Phillips are
very close chum s, as quite frequent ly one can hear Austin call dow·n to Phillips:
" H ey ! Pratt, where are you at?" Pratt replies , "Down in this here end of the
Hall listening to a fiddle." "You know , one of then]. things Pap 's got." "He's
got a threshing machine, too, but he saws logs with it.' ' .M cDorman t ries to
irn press u pon our minds t he fact t hat he is a singer,·as he is frequ ently heard singing
"Back , Back , Back to Baltim ore." It seems as though his heart has lleen
captured by some fai r maiden , and his though ts elwell on her constantly .
Frank Caulk , a handsome and dashing you th, spends most of his t im e attending shows , and we think from all indications he wi ll become one of the leading men
in t he "Prince of Pilsen.'' Tall "Si'' Perkins, who had his arm broken in a game
of football last year, we are proud to say, will be in the field again next fall.
According to a statement made by his gi rl , his arm is as strong as ever. Among the
athletic m E we might mention are Perkins, Hauver, Miller, Halbert, Hutson,
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H arrell , Burton and "Peep'' Briscoe in football; McDorman, Briscoe, Caulk ,
H arrison , H auver an d Quimby in baseball For the track we have H arrison,
Hutson , Schuster, Shannahan, Tarbert , H arclinge, Carpenter , Mill er and Gartrell.
Our motto is : "Non nobis solum ." By thi s we d esi re, as the motto reads , to
live "lll ot for ourselres a! one'' but for the benefit of t hose whom we ean help, and
to ollow the teachings of our dear old College.
FRESHMAN GIRL
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President
B. LEE HuTCHINSON ... .. .. . . . ... ... ... . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Vice-President
JosEPH '\V. CAULK . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . .. . . .. . . . . .. . . . . . . . Secretary
J . IRVIN G DAWSON . . . . . . . . . .. . ... . ... . . . . . . .. .. .. . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Treasurer
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DAwsoN WRIGHTSON . ... . . .. . ... . ... .. . . .. . .. . . . .. . .. . ... . . . . .
SAUNDERS BULLARD ... .. . . .. .
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�L J. S I·:LL,1AN-" Zaek" ...... .. . .. . .
JoSEPH vV. THOMA S-" Joe " . . ... . .... . . .
LLEWELL'>')i THOMA"-" Chinee" . .. .
EDWIN liVAHFIELD Jn. -" Governor "
ROBERT A . vVrLSON-" Greaser " . . ..
JOH N N. \ i\T !Lli:INSON-" Four Eyes" .
G. D ,IWSO)J" \ VniGHTSON- "Dock ".
Class Roll.
E. REA n BicARD-" Whiske rs" . .... . ... . . ... . .. .. . ... ... . .... Baltimore , Mel .
B. SA UN DEns B L" LLAHD-" f:h,·inclers" ................. . .. . . .. .. Annapolis, 1\ld.
RonEnT 8. B u JtWELL-" Bobby ''. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. Baltirnore, Mel.
J . MARSI-JALL CA I
HWLL- "W hi teh ead"-"Frog Eater " .
.Baltimore , 'Mel.
EDWARD CA Jl iWLl. - " Judge".
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. .... Belair, -~\'I cl.
JOSEPH vV. CAULK-" Duck ".
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .?dcD a niel , .Mel.
JoHN R. CLAllKE-" H orse " ........ . .. ... ..... . .. ......... E llicott City, l\Icl.
LECOMPTF: CooK-" Cookie" .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. .Stevensvi ll e. Mel.
HAROLD S. CuTLl':ll-" Pa1 tridge" . . . . . . . . . . . .
. Annapolis, ::VIc!.
MEDOREM CRAWFORD-" Zip " ... ... . .. . .. . . . . . .
. .. Fort McHenry. Md.
CHRISTIAN DAMMEYEH-" Eggie " ..... . . . ... .... . ... .
.Ann apolis, 'Mel.
J. IRVING D .\ WSO)J"- "Daws" . ....... . . . .... . . .. . . . . . . . .. . Leon a rclt0\n1, :Jfcl.
THOMA S R. DAwsoN-" Deacon " ... . ... . . .. ..... .. ... . .. .. ... Cambridge, :Jicl .
J orIN F . E.-~ RicCii:SON- " Eric" . . .... .. .. . .. . ...... . .. . . ... Stevensvi ll e Mel.
W ILJ~IA M E=-<" rs-" Hill " . . . .
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. Anna po is }f d.
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m-" J ake"....
. .... . .. . Annapolis, 1VIcl.
JoHN GLADDE --" H ot Air" . .
. . . . . . . . • . . . . . .... .... Annapoli s, Mel.
RoT~AND r. HARRINGTON-" Dago " ....
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. .Annapolis 1VIcl.
CHAnu:s liVALLACJ~ HIGH-" Venus".. . ... . . . . ... . . .... . . ... Baltimore, Mel.
J. EDWIN H ooD-" Father Tim e" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. ... Melbourne , Fla.
F. E. HoovEn-" Fred" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . Ceci lton ?lid.
B. B. HowARD-" Bush ". .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. Annapoli s :J'ld.
B L EE HuTCHINSON-" Hutch ". . . . .. . ..... ........
. .Fai rm ont , \¥ . Va.
R. ELMJ<:R J O)~E s-''Country " .. ...... . . .. . . . . . . . .
. ... Lyn chs, ::Vfd.
J. ALEXANDBR KEKDmcK-" Kearn ". .. .. . .. . . . . . . . ...
. . . .Ripley, Mel.
CLAPHAM P. Knc-"Fats" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . .. . . . Annapolis, i\Icl.
HAHRY LEYRLY-" Levi "
... . .. . . .. . ......... . ..... Annapo is ·Mel.
HAmnsoN McALPINE-" Miner " . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. Lonaconing, Mel.
E W. OnmsoN-"Tubby" . . .... . . . .. . .. . . ... . .. . ...... .. ... Baltimore, :Mel.
C. C. REYNOLDs-" Deputy" ......... . ...... .. .......... .. . Rising Sun l\J d.
ALnEH T STAHLINGs-" Sain t Albert" .. . . . . .. . .... . . . . . . ... . . . Annapo li s, !\I d.
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. . Baltim ore , Mel.
. . Annapo li s, Mel.
. .... Burnh am, Pa.
.. Annapolis, :Mel .
. .. Bel Air, Mel.
. Norfolk , Va .
. . Easton, Mel.
�I fpeJ , as I undertake to write the history of the Class of 1909 that it wilr
require a person with a much larger vocabulary than I have to write the many
adventures of our Freshman year. The haps and mishaps of our class were many
and in the limited space at my command I must fall short of relating them alL
It was a day in mid-September that the Class of 1909 made its first appearance in College circles. City boys, dressed in their best, and frostbitten countrymen
were to be seen coming in by every train to make up our class. Some young men,.
like "Chinee'' Thomas , being so rich as to smoke forty-cent cigarettes,and to ride,
up to college in a hack. He is from Pennsylvania ; that is the reason . Historic
McDowell Hall, flanked on either side by Humphrey and Pinkney, met our gaze
from College Avenue, and as we neared the College, we saw Senior Hall in the
spa ce between McDowell and Pinkney. The old halls , which a week before had
been silent, now rang with the joyous voices of old students as they greeted
their comrades of the year before. The ivy-covered Pinkney Hall was to be our
home for the coming nine months ; so we got our things settled and started to make
friends with the old students. The fourth floor seemed to be a nest of Freshmen ,
and we were soon acquainted with all our class mates. The old men seemed glad to
meet us and willin g to answer all our curious questions, but a few of us were roped.
m by being sent to Major Thompson for the boat-house key. From every train
that came in during the next few days , groups of st udents came up to College and
were greeted by the ones that had arrived before. The heighth of good feeling
reigned between the students, all elasses, old students and new, mingled together
for the first few days.
We had heard from some of the old students of a rrysterious meeting, called
the Glee Club, and were told that it was an initiation into college. That is a ll they
would tell us, hence we were left to draw our own co .1clusions. Just before study
hour one night , the Saturday after we arrived , the cry rang out in Pinkney Hall ,
"All Freshmen and new men report in room SA at eleven sharp.'' Oh, what a shock r
It came like a bomb in the Freshman camp. The evening passed slowly for us.
Many groups of Freshmen congregated in a classmate's room, and talked over the
torture that was approachin g. Many comments were made, and many guesses
as to what was to happen. Some of the Freshm en were so scared they could hardly
keep their knees from shaking , while the more bo ld ones wished the time would
come, and " get it over with,' ' as they expressed it. We reported in the room at
the appointed hour, roll being called, a few absentees were soon found hid away in
dark corners, the Sophs see:-ning to know just where to look for them. When all
were ready we were marched to the slaughter house, otherwise known as the" gym."
On entering, vre found the room filled with a crowd of upper-classmen waiting to
see the fun, Among the many stunts of the evening were: Orrison wrestling with
temptation; Ducky Caulk chasing him self around the floor; Bobby Burwell giving
his opinion on " Tip Top' ' weekly and his comments were very good, com:idering
the fact that he has never read one (?) ; Whitey Carroll and Eareckson playing
the cuckoo clock, and many others that I cann ot recall at this moment. After a
farewell ditty by all the new men , each singing a different song, we were marched
back to Pinkney Hall, and after a few directions were allowed to go to sleep in peace.
All went along smoothly until one night , a few days afterward , when we were roughly·
pulled out of our beds and stood in the corner, while some ghostly voice read us
the rules that we were to obey during the next nine months. Two elaborately
printed posters with the rules in glaring letters were left in every Freshman 's room
as a memento of the occasion.
Soon came the call for football candidates, and we responded with a wi lL
Hutchinson , although on ly fifteen years old , became one of St. John's best ends.
On the second team we had Jones , High , Warfield, Clarke and Howard , who were·
always in the game, and who promise to give someone a rub for their position s next
fall On the track we show up equally as well , and in baseball we have pretty near
the whole infield in our C'lass . Among those out for baseball are Fred Hoover, Ed .
Carroll, Deputy Reynolds and Dock vVrightson . We expect each of these men to
do well. On the track we have Govern or Warfield and Venus High, both of whom
won medals in their Prep. year. We ha ve made a good showing in athletics and
we are proud of it , and h0pe to keep it up in the future. In the social whirl
we have ma.n y , am ong whom are Hutchinson , Beard and Duck Caulk, our·
class beauty. In both the Mandolin and Glee Clubs, we have some members,
and a good many in the Band , who are developing into fair musicians.
Although a good many of our class are fonder of pleasure th an rf study, we have
man y that stand well in their class, am ong whom are the twin Dawsons , and Frostbitten Kendrick, also Chinee Thomas, who accomplished the feat of getting four ·
fives in one month .
Affairs ran along smocthly with us ex cept for a few unpleasant occurrences with
the Sophomores during the winter. Some Saturday evenings, when we were planning a pleasant ca ll at the homed some fair young lady , we were brought up beforethe G. 0. H. , to add our specialties to the program for the Sophs' benefit ..
" Four Eyes" vVilkinson, a young lady with a baritone voi ce, used to sing a ballad,.
entitled "How 'd you like to have a voice like me?'' The two twins , Eareckson .
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�and Du ck Caulk , would sing comic son gs, Bobby Burwell acting as a hum an being:.
and 'vVhitey Carroll sin gin g " Tamm an y .'' Greaser Wilson is still mourning over
the Russian defeat by the J apanese, but he has one sn,ti shtcti on left; he in tends
sometime to join the Russian :'llarin e Corps. Short ly before Christmas we were
vis ited by a band of So phs, who told us that Santa Claus would visit us that ni ght ,
and advised us to write what we wanted on pi eces of paper and tack them on the
outside of our doors, so "Santa Claus'' coul d get them. Vve heard no more about
it, but the next m orning all the letters \Yere gone. I ~iYe here a few samples of t he
notes written to Santa Cla us :
~t . J olm 's College,
Annapolis, :'lid., D ecember 18 , 1905.
Dear Santa Claus:
:Please bring this poor boy a box of cigarett es . some " Tip T ops'' plenty
of matches, "Diamond Dicks ," etc.
R. 8. Bu rnvELJ_,.
Dear Old Santa:
Please bring me s -mething to eat, a. J am not getting mu ch grub here.
Also bring me some corn silk to ~moke, for I don ' t sm oke tobacco.
Your firm believer,
R. E. JoNES.
Some evenings, a crowd of Sophomores " ·ould get three Freshmen and m nke
t hem act t he D ago and the Monkey : that is, one of the Freslm1en would get in t he
clothes-press and sing, another would pl ay Dago and turn the crank , while t he
other would play the monkey. Crawford '"as the Freshman usually selected
for the organ because he h as su ch a fin e voice; Orrison turned the crank and
McAlpine , the boy miner w~~s the m onk. One member of our class, a twin brother
of Father Time, J . Edwin Hood by n ame, sometimes forgets him self and frisks
around as if he were under forty. H e is very popul ar with t he ladies, especiall y
those of the "Gay New York Company.' '
Through it all we have been piloted by old Do ck 'Wrightson, from t he" Eastern
Sho ," and no praise is high enough for him t he way he handled class matters.
Spring is fast approachin g, and with it examinati ons and the end of our Freshman
year , one of the happiest we have ever spent. vVe have made mistakes and we
know it, but we hope to profit by the experien ce· we received as a Freshman at
Old St. J ohn 's !
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CATALOGUE OF PUPILS .
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BRE!lE TON.
CLASS.
J oHN F . LuTz.
c. BYRNES
Lr<:ROY G. ME SSERS MITH.
{ ) ALRB JAMF. S CoATSWORTH.
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NEWTON
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STANLEY G.
GIRAULT
INARFIELD
HARRY
HOOPE S .
Mu u D.
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SHIPLEY
GE O RGE
SKINNER.
T . RALPH SMOUSJc.
JAMI SON .
SoMERVILLF:.
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S TANsBuRY.
IsAA C BA GGOTT JONE S.
HowARD S . STRANGE
RI CHARD A. KA SHNE !l .
ALBERT TAR BE RT.
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JOHN K EA RLLEY KEARN EY .
vV A TNEIL
L. W EE MS .
DAVID
JULIUS S.
Jo sE PH
GEORG E
K EGAN .
P ERE
TYSON KENL Y.
·CHARLJ<:S
ALFRED
ELY KING .
ALLISON
WILMER.
BuRTON WOOLE Y.
EDWARD LLOYD .
SECOND CLASS .
WARWI CK BAYNJc .
GARLAND
CHAUNC!<;Y BROOKS .
Pr~DRO
M ELRN DEZ.
JuAN JosE CANAs.
FL OYD
FRANK CoPP.
TH ORNE
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GoRDON
CouNciLMAN.
ELMER JoHN FINK.
WrLLIAM
GRASON
HARTMAN.
H E I STER Hoo GEN W ERFF
lVIILLEH.
PETE R S
LEROY HAR COUHT SEXTON .
.AND!lEW ALEXANDlm HAMILTON .
BENJAMIN
LINTHI CUM .
HowARD
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SKINNER .
STREET.
LJ%AND VILLAFHA NCA .
ROYAL
HENRY Pow J
cLL HOPKIN S .
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W IG Lt<;Y
�THE ST . JOHN ' S GIRL
�PHILOKALIAN SOCIETY
�Philokalian Society.
ALDER.
H ECHT.
ALLEN.
HOHB ERGER.
AusTIN.
Ho usTON,
BAILEY.
H uTCHINS ,
BENNETT.
JO NES .
BuRKE.
McALPINE .
BuRTON.
McBRIDE,
CATHCART.
A.
M cBRIDE, E.
CAULK F.
MILLER,
CAULK , J.
CLARK,
G.
MORRIS.
E.
T .
PARSLEY.
DAWSON, T.
QUIMBY.
DuvAL.
RILEY.
ENNIS .
ScHUSTER.
FooKs.
SHANNAHAN.
SINCLAIR.
GARTRELL
SMITH.
HAN CE.
HARDING.
THOMAS, J.
HARRISON , J.
HARRISON,
p.
WILKINSON.
HAUVER.
WILSON.
HEARN.
WRIGHTSON, D.
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TILGHMAN.
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PHII-OMATHEAN SOCI!':TY
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�Philomathean Society.
BuLLARD .
ANDERSON .
CARROLL.
ARNOLD.
BEARD.
CARPENTER.
BowEN.
CouLBOURN.
BRIS COE, L.
CRAWFORD.
BRISCOE , N .
EARECKSON.
CRESAP.
H . 0.
HALBERT,
GAUSS.
HARRELL.
GosNELL.
HoDGSON.
GwYNN.
HuTSON.
HALBERT, C. R.
KANE.
KEENE .
McCARDELL.
LANEY.
McKINLEY.
LLOYD.
MELS ON.
LovE .
NEILL.
MAGRUDER.
ORRISON.
PERKINS.
RICE .
PEZET.
RuHL.
PHILIPS .
Ruz.
PINKERTON.
SELLMAN.
PowELL.
SHEARER.
SHUGERT.
THOMAS,
STERNBERG.
J.
B.
THOMPSON,
STONE.
A.
C.
THOMPSON ,
STROHM.
J.
M.
TowNSHEND .
TERHY.
W E LLS.
WRIGHTSON , W.
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D.
�PHI SIGMA KAPPA
�Sigma Chapter.
May 16, 1903:
Institu ted
RO L L .
MARCELLO WORTHI NGTON BoRDLEY.
W I LLIAM NoRwooD BRISCOE.
NEWTON FoRD CAR P ENTER.
HowARD LEE CECIL.
EDWARD
T ALBOTT
J oHN
CLARK.
RIDGLEY
MEDOREM
CLARK.
CRAWFORD.
W I LLIAM PELOUZE CuTLER.
J OHN
PHILIP
HAXALL
ALFRED
TRIPLETT
H ARRI SON.
H ARRISON.
HousTON.
ANDREW
P.
KELLY.
WILLIAM. NEILL, J r .
RoBERT
ALFRED
ALEXANDER
RousE.
McCuLLY
STEVENS.
J OHN GASHORN SHEARER.
EDWIN WARFIELD, Jr.
ARTHUR DE T ALMA
V ALK ,
FRAT E R S IN FACU LTA T E.
T HOMAS FELL, Ph.D., LL.D .
.,V.
--"
BYRON...
AMos W . WooDcocK, M.A .
C I SSEL, M.A.
ROLAND H OPKINS, B . A.
F RAT E R
IN U RB E .
EUGENE I GLEHART.
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�Sigma Beta.
M embers.
FRANK
ERNEST
'08.
'09.
CAULK,
CHARLES WALLA CE HJ GH ,
ARTHUR
REGINALD
LAN!';Y ,
CHARLES FRANCIS LLOY D,
'08 .
'06.
FREDEJUCK HAROLD SASSCF.R,
'08.
'09.
GoE R GE DAw soN ·wRI G HTsoN,
SIGMA B ETA
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�Glee Club.
W.
D.
WRIGHTSON • .. .. ... .. .. .. ... .. . .. . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . • . .. . •....
M.
S.
KEENE . ... . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...
E.
P .
J.
H .
President
Secretary
B u RKE . . . . . . .. ... .. . . . . . ... .. . . . .... .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Treasurer
SINCLAIR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Business Manager
M. S. KEENE, Leader.
First Tenor .
M.
Second Tenor .
G. D. RILE Y.
E. P. BuRKE .
w . D . WRIGHTSON .
CRAWFORD .
A. L. ARNOLD.
L.
ALLE N .
First Bass .
w.
P . WILMER.
A.
R.
Second Bass.
B. McKINLEY.
. T. RuHL.
W.
MOORE.
H
LANEY.
M.
s.
KEENE .
Dramatic Club.
President
Secretary
A. DE T. VALK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. ... .. ... . . . . . . . . . . . . ... .... Treasurer
W . D. WRIGHTSON . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . ... .. .. .. .. . . . . . . .. . . . . Business Manager
PROF. B . VERNON C I SSEL . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . ... . . . . .. . .. . . . . . . . . . .
M.
S.
KEENE . ... .. . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . ... .. . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . .. .. .
MEMBERS.
ALLEN.
CRAWFORD.
Hous ToN.
B U RKE .
EARE CKSON.
H UTCHINS .
RuHL.
CARROLL.
HARRISON,
J.
KELLY.
SHEARER.
HARRISON, P.
LLOYD .
SINCLAIR.
HEARN.
PINKERTON.
WILMER, P.
CLARK, E .
T.
CuTLER, W. P .
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RousE.
�Cotillion Club.
OFFICERS .
PERE
W.
President'
V ice-President
A . Rou sE . . . . . . . . . • .. . . ... . . . . . . . ... . . ... . . . . ... .. .. . .. Secretary·
HousTON . .. . . . . .. . . . . . . . ... .. ... . . . .. ... . .. . .. . . . . . . . . Tr easurer
WILMER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
PELOUZlc
RoBERT
ALFRED
CuTLER .. . . . . . . .. .. .. . . .. . . . . . .. . . . . . . . .. . . ..
HOP
COMMITTEE.
'06.
'06 .
ARTH_DR DE T. VALK , '06.
lVI. W . B ORDLEY, '07 .
JoHN T. H ARRI SON, '07.
P H ILIP H . HA RRI SON, '08 ...
'06. (Chairman)
'vV. P E LOUZE CuTLER, '06 .
R onERT A. R ousE, '06.
ALFRED H ousToN, '06.
EDWARD T. CLARK , '06.
CHARLES F. LL OYD , '06 .
J. H. SIN CLAIR ,
P E RE WILMER,
ANDRE W P . K ELLY,
Series of H ops 1905- 06.
February 23d .
April 20th.
April 27th.
May 4th.
May llth
December 8th
December 15th ,
J anuary 12th.
J anuary 19th.
February 16t h .
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�MEMBERS.
1906.
F.
PERE WILMER.
C.
W. P. CuTLER.
A.
E.
M. S. KEENE .
J.
E. L. GosNELL.
E.
w.
R.
G . D. RILEY.
A.
R.
E.
A.
T . CLARK.
H . HoDGSON.
H ousToN.
LLOYD.
P.
J . H . SINCLAIR.
KELLY.
G. PARSLEY.
A. RousE.
A.
VALK.
B.
WELLS .
D.
WRIGHTSON.
H UTCHINS.
BATTLE.
1907.
M. W. BoRDLEY.
B.
GWYNN .
w.
M . T ERRY.
E.
T.
MELVIN .
R.
Ruz.
P.
BURKE .
N. A. BELT.
E.
MAGRUDER .
E.
H . A . CouLBOURN.
J.
G . SHEARER.
I.
A.
R.
J.
B.
T . HARRISON .
HANCE.
E.
BENNETT.
P . KANE.
SMITH .
A.
c.
A . M. C. STEVENS.
H.
T.
A.
w.
T HOM PSON.
RuHL.
JUn1ot
~
1908.
F. E.
CAULK.
J. P . McMAKI N.
N. BRISCOE.
N.
P.
F.
CARPENTER.
H ARRISON.
F . L. HARRELL.
A. G. LovE.
A.
R.
S.
A.
L ANEY.
R I CE.
PEZET .
P . PHI LLIPS.
G. C. SMITH.
w.
S.
T . SHUGART.
H .
J.
D.
SwANN.
H ARDING,
B.
J R.
NEILL,
JR .
J . G. SHANN"AHAN.
T HOMAS.
A. G . ALDER.
1909.
J . CLARK.
C.
L.
w.
HIGH .
HUTCHINSON.
J. CAULK.
E . WARFI ELD.
B.
D . WRIGHTSON.
T . DAWSON.
R.
E.
BURRELL.
J. M. CARRO LL.
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S.
K.
BuLLARD .
BEARD.
M . CRAWFORD.
THE ROUGH PATH
�Social Life at St. John's.
How is a nyone going to study and dance, banquet and train for athletics , ca ll
in town and attend inspection on time? It is preposterous to attempt to bring
together such incompatible extremes and make them co-ordinate in one system,
t he system of pure scholastic attainment . The cadets study of course and they
have been known to dance; they call in town and get back in plenty of time for
inspection (for corroboration, respectfully referred to " The Society Track Team.' ')
This year the regul ar series of hops were given in a very.attractive m anner; t hey
were largely attended and much en joyed by a ll.
In the Commencement balls held during " June week ,'' social life and enjoyment reaches its climax, not only in the m azes of the light fantastic, but in t he
longings of t he cadet, born and matured by t he numerous gayeties of the past
ye&r. Many find a greater charm in the quiet and seclusion of the campus, than in
the ball room.
On t he night of June 16, the Philokalian Society held its annual hop, the
first of a seri es of dances of " June week.' ' The hall was tastefully decorated with
potted plants and college colors, while Mrs. Fell , and Mr. B. D . Chambers occ upied
the receiving stand. The fo llowing night t he Philomathean Society gave its dance
and on this occasion Mrs. Cissel and Mr. J . H . Fox received. On the evening of
June 20, t he Class of 1906 gave t he Class of 1905 a grand farewell ball. Mrs. Fell
an d President Clark of the '06 Class received. The old gymnasium was beautifully
and tastefull y decorated for the occasion in the co lors of the two classes. At the
fa rt her end of the gymnasium was a chec ker-board arrangement of colors, in blue
and gr ay, across this in large letters was t he inscripti<;m, "Farewell1905.' ' The ba ll
started with a "Grand March ,'' after which t he couples arranged t hemselves on
opposite sides of t he room , while Major Smith , with elaborate ceremonies presented
his sword to E. T . Clark , informing him of his appointmen t as Major, and giving
over t he Battalion to his care. The dance ·which followed was acknowledged to
be the most brilliant and successful " June Ball'' ever given at St. John's. This
brought to an end t he social season for t he year 1904-05, and many were t he pleasant
memories which we carried with us to our homes .
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"Spiri t, mind and body" are L t rio whi ch, when evenly balanced and
he
uniformly developed , m ake t he true man. It is for t his that t he Young Men 's
·Christian Association stands. With this as its motto , t he Association may be considered a powerful auxiliary to our grand old College. We are proud to ha ve an
orrranization of such world wide prominence among us.
"' The perfection of t hese t hree: spirit , mind and body , constit ute the highest
development that can be reached. The Greeks saw this and developed the idea to
a high degree of excellence. The young man who means to win in t he battle of life
today must consider eac h with equal weight. If he develops two and neglects the
third , he is a cripple If he develops mind and body and neglects t he spirit, he
enters life immeasurably handicapped. He must be true to a ll. John R. Mott ,
in an able address at Northfield , said, " There are men in our Co lleges and Universit ies who are fighting losing battles with self and sin, and our organi zation is helpin g
just su ch men.''
Som e of the inspiration of Northfield has been transported to our own Assoc iat ion and has permeated all its workings . The meetings have been helpful and much
in terest has been taken in t hem. Our officers have been efficient and have commanded t he respect of t he whole student-body. Bible and Mission study have
been ably carried on, and we can safely say t hat t he men of our Alma Mater who
participated in this work fee l more int imately acq uain ted with t heir Creator and
feel t he value of Christianity in a man 's life more deep ly t han ever.
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�ACTIVE
MEMB ERS.
BAILEY.
J ONES,
QunmY.
HuTCHI NS.
BJ;;:-<NETT.
E .
RousE .
Bow1~ N.
Young Men? s Christian Association.
R.
KEENE.
CLARK, E.
J(INu, C.
P.
Ruz.
RILEY.
President
A . C . QuiMBY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . • . . . . . . . . . •.... . . . . . . Vice-President
G. L. MILLER . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. .. . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tr easurer
C . R . HALBERT . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . • . . . . • . . . . . . . R ecording Sec1·etary
A
C. THOMPSON . . . . . . .. . .. . .. . . . . . . . . . .. . . . .. . .. . Corresponding Secretary
H.
ScHUSTER . ... . . . . . . ... . ....• . . . . . . . .. . .. . . ... . .. . . . . . . . . .
M c KINLEY.
S wA NN.
MELVIN.
TARBERT , H .
HA N C E.
C.
GwYNN.
HALBI<mT, C . R.
MILLJ<;R,
HAUVI':R.
PETERS.
HEARN.
P I<: ZI':'f .
Ho oD.
PINKJ':RTON.
G.
TH OMPSON, A. C .
TILGHMAN.
ASSOCIATE
MEMBERS.
MJD I~ RSMITH.
SS
ALLEN.
Dr.
T HOMAS
PROF .
c.
v.
G.
s.
SINCLAIR.
PRoF. A. W. WooD cocK
R
PARSLEY.
H uTSON.
CouLBOURN .
LLOYD.
R EV. T . P. HALLOWAY
FELL
A. STRYKER
HODGSON.
AusTIN.
ADVISORY
HIGH.
ANDICRSON.
B uLLARD.
M c Bmn~C ,
CATH CART.
M c BRIDE , A.
TH OMAS ,
McALPIN!<: .
WILSON.
M OHRI S.
"
WRI GI-ITSON, D .
BOARD .
BELL
DAWSON ,
COMMI TTEES .
DowJ<; LL.
Musical.
A. C. McBRIDE,
W .
E.
B.
P .
Chairman.
McKINLEY .
T.
c. R. HALBERT.
w . H AUVER.
G.
B.
B.
JoN ES .
DAWSON.
H ANCE .
S.
BuLLARD.
PINKERTON.
Social.
C.
NI embershi p.
MILLER, Chairman.
G. W .
R. E.
BuRKE.
T.
SHANNA HA N • .
E.
R.
HALBERT,
Chairman.
A. C .
Bible Study.
QuiMBY, Chairman .
A . C.
QuiMBY.
G.
w.
R. E.
JONES.
H.
H UT SON.
E. E.
c. c.
c.
s.
BENNETT.
CATCHCART.
R eligious Meetings .
Chairman.
E.
MILLER .
TILGHMAN.
SHANNAHAN .
W. B . McKINLEY,
Mission Study.
E. E. BENNETT, CHAIRMAN.
H . T ARBERT.
H.
G.
WILSON .
A. C . THOMPSON.
T.
DAWSON.
G.
PINKERTON.
L.
E.
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McALPINE.
BOWEN .
McBRIDE.
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STERNBI<mG .
L.
J.
�8Vlilitar~
_J
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Department.
Commandant of Cadets.
MA.rOR W. A. THOMPiiON , 4th Ca valry , U . S. A.
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Commissioned Staff.
_J
Cadet Major E. T. Clark . ... . . . . . ..... .. .................. . . . . . ...... Major
Cadet Captain J. H Sinclair . .. . .. . . . . .. . .. . . . . .. .... . .. ... . ....... Adjutant
Cadet Quartermaster W. C. Morris,. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. .. . .. Quartermaster
Cadet Commissary M. S. K Eene ,. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . .... Commissary
Cadet Lieutenant E. G. Parsley, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. Ordnance D epartment
Cadet Lieutenant A. F. Hutchins, .. .. . .... . . . . . . ... . ... Ordnance Department
Cadet Lieutenant E. E. Hearn , ... . . . . . . . . ... .. . . . . .. .. Ordnance Department
Cadet Lieutenant vV. L. Moore .... . . . ......... . . . . . .. . Chief of Signal Corps
Non-Commissioned Staff.
Cadet Sergeant-Major A. P. Kell y,. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . Sergeant Major
Cadet Quarter-Master Sergeant R. H. Hodgson ,. .
. . Quartermaster Sergeant
Cadet Color Sergeants, .. . . . .. . .... .... P. Wi lmer, H. H . Carter, S. S. Hohberger
Cadet Corporal Cra wford,. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . ... .... . ... Chief Bugler
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�STAFF OFFICERS
THE BATTALION
�C OMPANY A.
Captain.
W. P. CuTL J•:n.
Li eutenants
.J .
B. W E LLS
C. F.
J . THOMP::lON (2d)
(1st)
LLO YD
(2d additio nal).
Sergeants.
H . C. FooKS
R.
(1st.)
J.
C . BrtADY,
T . HARRI SON.
W. M. BOHDLE Y.
A. AH OLD
Corporals.
E.
L.
F. B . GwYNN ,
T.
lVIELYIN ,
B. HA NCJ<}
vV . MA GRuDER,
A.
R.
B OWEN,
A . M. STEVJ<; NS,
SMIT H.
Privates.
ALDER ,
CuTLmt,
KA S HNElt ,
S ASSC F:H.,
BAIT-leY ,
DowELL,
KE N DRI CK ,
S HA NNAHA N,
BATTLE,
EARE CK SON,
J( EN L Y,
S HIPLEY ,
BI<:ARD ,
ENNI S ,
L I<:v Jc LY ,
SM ITH , G.
FINK
M c BRIDE ,
SMOUSE
M c ALPINE,
STANSBURY,
BRISCOE,
BRISCOE
N.
L.
GLADDE:N.
c.
BuLLARD ,
HAL BEwr ,
c.
M c MA c KIN,
BYRNES
HARIUSON'
p.
lVJ J<:LENDEZ,
TARBER'I',
CAR ROLL ,
H ARTMAN,
M uNROE,
TH OMA S ,
CAULK,
H UT CHINSON,
M u DD ,
THOMA S, J . B.
C HILD S,
J ONES,
lV1 8LSON,
TILGHMAN ,
C LAHK,
JAMISON
PARLETT '
W ATNER,
CoATSWORTH ,
KIN G C. A .
POW J<;LL,
vVoOLLEY.
CONNOLLY ,
Kmc, C . P.
E.,
Rrcr;,
LINE OFFICERS
133
S TREET,
L.
J.
�CO MPANY
B.
Captain.
E. L.
GosNELL.
Lieutenants.
A. D.
VALK ,
(1 st Lieut.)
G. D. RJLJW (2d Lieut. )
A . HousToN
(2d additional)
Sergeants
E.
P. DuvAL,
(1st Sergt. )
J.
H. A. CouLBOURN IB,
E.
N. A. BI•:LT,
G. SHEARER.
P. BuRKE .
Corporals .
I. P. KANJ<:
L . 1. HE CH'l' ,
R. ANDf-:RSON , Jr.
UJ
0
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cr:
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Cl.
R. Ruz,
E. E. BENNETT,
A. C. THOMPSON .
C.
c.
CATHCART,
(f)
(f)
Pri?Jates .
UJ
cr:
0
E.
AUSTIN,
Foao,
M c BRIDE,
BAYNE,
HA LL,
MILLER,
Bun-roN,
HARDING,
SKINNER H .
STilANGE,
BUR\VI~ LL
H ARR!';LL,
Si<:XTON,
STON I•:,
CANAS ,
H ARRl NG'l'ON
NEILL,
TARBERT,
CA HPE;NT I•: Il ,
H ooPES,
ORRISON ,
TJmnY ,
PHILLIPS
Tow Ns H END,
CARHOLL ,
CAU LK ,
K
J.
Hoov 1 1l
·:
. H OWARD
G.
tlTA ltLINGS,
ST I"RNJ3E RG ,
P I·:Z ET ,
VILLA i<'HA NCA,
Q UI MBY,
i 'fiT A lti"H:Lo,
CHAN C I·:
J\: ~<;QAN ,
COLLINSON,
LINTHICUM,
REYNOLDS ,
\V EEMs,
Coor<,
LOGAN,
RuLLM AN,
V If., KINSON,
V
CouNci LMAN,
LOV I·:,
R c H UR'rER,
\ 'fiT JLM F:R.
CRESAP,
L usBY,
SHUC:I-:RT
WILSON
DAMMEYI-:It,
J i·:S,.; i•:llSM!TI-I,
\1
R uMM F H\ 'ILLI·:.
:
i VniG HTSON,
DAWSON
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D.
�CJhe Band.
Instructor.
P ROF. S n1:s.
CADET CA PTAIN RoBERT Ro usE ,
Third Cornez
First L ieutenant.
W.
Q
D.
WRI GJ-JTSON,
First Cornet.
Second L ieutenant and Drum Major .
J. RoY M cCARDELL.
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!D
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First Sergeant.
1-
W. B.
M cK I NLEY,
Baritone.
S econd S ergeant.
W . A.
S TROHM ,
First Cornet.
Musicians .
B ass Drum
GAuss .. ... . .. . .. .. . . . . . Cornet
HA UVER .. .. .. . . . .. . . . . . Clarinet
HIGH ... . ... • . . . . . . Snare Drum
H UTSON ... . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . • B ase
KEARNEY ... . . . ... ...... Cymbals
LANEY . . . . . .. . .. . . . . . . . . . . Base
ALLEN . . . . . . . .. . . ...
M c DoRMA N ..
.. .Cornet
Trombone
PINKERTON.. . . . . . . . .
. ... Cornet
R u HL. . . . .
. .. . ... .. . . . . . . . .. Alto
SWANN . . . . . . . . . .. . . ... . .. . . . Clarinet
SELLMAN. . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . Alto
Wr GLJw . . . . . . . . .. .. .. . ... . . . Clarinet
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�To/chester Encampment.
Camp Warfield.
It \vas on the afternoon of the fifth of June, last year, after all examinations
were over, that the battalion formed , ready for the trip to Tolchester. For a day
or two before, the students had been busying themselves packing their effects into
boxes or old trunks, and making many other preparations. Everyone seemed to
have caught the excitement and spirit that pervaded the air of these old hall s,
and was anticipating a pleaEant t ime.
At three o'clock, the battalion with Major A. W. Smith in charge marched
down Prince George Street to the wharf , the band in the lead playing a favorite
selection. The pavements were lined with a throng of people admiring the fin e
appearance and carriage of the cadets. After arriving at the wharf, we had but a
short time to wait for the boat, which was the old Emma Giles . We embarked
and each one laid aside his gun and other accoutrements as soon as possible, and
gave himself up to the undisturbed enjoyment of the ride up t he Bay. It was
a beautiful day. A gentle breeze was stirring ·which ruffled the waves and allayed
the otherwise sultriness of the day. Arriving at Tolchester, we were marched
to the camp. On being dismissed the cadets made a break to pick out their tents
and in a short time were arranging their effects in the most co nvenient places.
The advance guard, whi ch had arrived on Friday, had laid out the camp
and put up the tents; some of them, Smith, Caulk, Shearer and Magruder were
especially adept(?) at driving tent pegs, as like " General Grant" they saw double
and some of them maybe thrice. But credit must be given to the guard for laying
out such a model camp.
The first night was a lovely one, to \ hose who had cots, but the others had to
spend the best part of the night in trying to so lve the problem of how to maintain
t he center of equi librium of their bodies on a bag of straw, about the size and shape
of a stovepipe five feet long. The ground was clamp f10m previous rains, and as a
result there were very few fellows who were not shivering and chattering with the
co ld when revei lle sounded the next morning. About five o'clock, everybody
was up , stirring around in their tents, washing, bringing forth soap, towels and
vario11s other articles of toi let. The first day was a beautiful one and passed pleasantly for all. The novelty of mi litary camp-life added to the magnifi cent view, and
invigorating breezes of the Bay made the spirits of everyone feel buoy ant and ha ppy.
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�After dri ll in t he afternoon t he fe llows made a break fo r the pa rk , wh ere a ll kinds
of amusement 3 were to be found , from t he hair-raising swiftn ess of t he Hula- Zula
to the dizzy sensat ion of Pike 's Peale Also t he Carrousel and dancing pavilion
were much in evidence; not so much for their in trinsic worth , as for t he pretty girls
who constitut ed t heir ornaments. It is, perhaps, need less to say t hat m any li tt le
flirtations and pretty sent imentalities which appeal to the youthful heart were
indulged in. There are many who wi ll not soon forget t he pleasant hours spent in
that park , hours, it m ay be, ·which have linked to t hem tender memories of some
fair one.
The regular co urse of dri ll proved rather irksome to some who had appointm ents to keep, and to others, to whom the though t of work is disagreeable. But
the result of our good and regular drilling was very gratifying when the Inspector
came . At nine o'clock, was guard mounting; from half past ten unt il ha lf past
eleven, company d rill ; from half past two to ha lf past t hree battalion drill ; and at
six o'clock, dress parade. The fence in fron t of t he field was nearl y a ways lined
with people who watched t he drills and seemed very much pleased with t he sight .
The second night very few of the cadets were out of t heir tents after nine
o 'c .ock as they were weary and worn and soon fell asleep Of cour e, H odgson ,
Draper, McKinley and Clark spent until ten o'clock playing poker. From t his
time on every night was occupi<;d in having fun . The "Sour Grape Quartette''
consisting of Allen , Draper, H ance and P arsley, rendered some exce lent selections,
and the Band , led by Capt. "Sousa'' McBride, played" In the Shade of t he Old
Apple Tree.' ' There was no encore, the Captain could not be found, nor could any
of t he others except Allen , who carried the Bass drum, and of course he was laid
across it and acted as a substitute for the rest. Aft'er t his, a few Sophs could be
seen around a b lanket with a poor Freshie or Prep. in the center, pitching him skyhigh.
On t he sixth night of t he encampment, a very great storm came up , which
seemed every mom ent to be about to blow over the tents. But owing to t he fact
that t hey were put up properly and that everyone was out hanging on to t he guy
ropes, they safely withstood it. The next few days nothing occu rred to break t he
monotony of camp life unless it was an extra dri ll or an occasional t hunderstorm.
Regarding t he mea ls taken at the hotel, it must be said t hat they were very mu ch
enjoyed by the cadets . They showed the manager of t he hotel how keen cou d
be t heir appetites when healt hy exercise was mingled wit h the pure air of the sea
breezes. Many of the young ladies seeking to eat their lunches quitely on t he
tables in the park were annoyed by H odgson , P arsley, McBride, and others on
account of their continua l "butting-in' ' and exercising that famous boarding-house
reach so well executed by H ance.
There was no drill on Sunday with t he exception of guard mount and dress
parade The last Monday spent in camp was given to cleaning guns and other
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equpmen ts for the annual inspection and competitive d rill. The cadets too k pride
in t he fact t hat they were to have a chan ce to be on e of the"big six military co lleges
of the United States. Everyone did hi s best and after drill , fe lt sure t hat old St.
John 's would rank as one of them. As t he result she stands as the fourth best
mili tary co llege in t his coun try. Company A was decided by the in specting officer
( o be t he better drilled and t herefore entit led to the flag
The next clay t he battalion broke camp much to t he regret of all. Camp
Warfield has a warm place in t he heart of every cadet for t here were no difficult
studies or other t hings to worry t hem, and they were free, to a certain extent, to do
as t hey pleased. In leaving camp the Seni ors, especially, felt t hat there were leavin rr it never to return , while t he Juniors looked forward to the next year when they
could strut around and have th in gs their own way. May the memories associated
with our life at Cam p Warfield remain fresh and indelible in the hearts of all.
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�SCENE S AT CAMP WARFIELD
�c:Athletic c:Association.
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.
R. P. MELVIN, '99 . ...... . . ..... .. ... . . .......... . . .... ... ...... (Alumni)
Prof. B. V. CISSEL .. , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (Faculty)
W. D . WRIGHTSON, '06 , .......... . . .. .. ... .. ....... (President of Association
OFFICERS FOR 1905- 1906
W. D. WRIGHTSON 06 ....... . . ... . . .... .. .. . ........ . .. ... ... .. President
J. T . HARRISON, '07 . ... . . .... . ..... ... . ... .. . .... . .. ..... Vice-Presedent
J. G. SHEARER, '07 .. . .. . .... .... .. ...... .. ... . . .. .. . .. . . ....... . Secretary
M. W. BoRDLEY, '07 ... .. . .. . . . .. .. ..... .... . ........... .. ...... Treasurer
BASEBALL TEAM, 1906.
J. R. McCARDELL ..... . .... . . . . . .. ..... ...... .... .. . . . ...... . .... Captain
E. L. GosNELL .. . ....... . . . .. .. . .... .. .. . . . . . . ... . ...... .. ...... Manager
L. I. HECHT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Assistant Manager
TRACK TEAM , 1906
J. H . SINcLAIR, .......... . ... ... . . . ... . ..... . .... . .. ... .... . ..... Captain
J . T. HARRISON .... . . . . . ... . .... ....... . ..... .. . . . ... ... . . ....... Manager
FOOTBALL TEAM 1906.
A. M. STEVENS .. ... .. . .... . ........ ...... ....... . ... . ... . . . . . ..... Captain
J. G. SHEARER ... .... . .. .... . ... .. ............ .. .... . .... . . . ... . Manager
F. CAULK ..... . .. .. . ... . ... . ......... . ............ . . .. . A ssistant Manager
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�Football Season~ 1905.
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At the opening of the session of 1905 , the same old question was as ked : " vVhat
kind of a football team will we have?'' lt was doubtful in t he minds of many , if
St. J ohn 's could produce a team t h at would win a single v ictory . E ig ht of our
best m en , members of t he team of 1904, had gone from Co llege, leaving l\1cCarclell ,
Cla rk (wh o had been elected Captain in t he place of H.uhl), Duval, and Stevens,
"·ho h ad played as regula rs during t he season of 1904.
vVe had sol'ne excellent m aterial but it needed de veloping. T o put in t he field
a winning team was no easy task , and every one reali zed this fact A call from
Captain Clark brought out for ty men, a nd t here was scar cely an aft ernoon t h a t
one could n ot count t hat number.
Professor Cissel, our faithful friend, was again seen on the field, and in him the
team found a much needed coach . During t he season h e was assisted by some of
ou r former football stars, namely, Howard , Captain of the Navy , Green, J arnisc'n
and Hopkin s. In the fi rst game, which was p layed with Virginia , the team s hmYed
u p well, and gave general satisfac ti on.
H ere we wish to congratulate our "Scrub T eam ,'' who gave t he team t heir
mos t loyal su pport during t he entire season . w·e wi sh t hem su ccess in their
efforts, and hope t hey may some cl ay fill t he places of t hose they have so
errrnest ly h elped .
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�FOOTBALL T EAM, 1905.
L. HUTCHINSON ........ . .. ..... . .. ... . . ..... . .... . . . . ...... . ..... Left End
E. T. CLARK, (Captain) ... . . .. . .. . ... . .... . . .... .. .. ... ........ L eft Tackle
H . C. FooKs . ... . .... . .. . ... . .. .... . . . . ... . . . .. .. . . ........ . . . L eft Guard
A. HousTON ............. . . .. .. . . .. .... .. . ........... . ... . .. . . .. .. Center
W . H . P ERKINS . .. . . . . ............. . ... . . . . .. ..... . . . . ..... . . Right Guard
J. R. McCARDELL . . . . . . ..... . ................. .. .......... . ... . R ight T ackle
R. C. BRADY .. . . .. ........ . . ... . .. . .. ........ . . ... . . ...... .. . .. . Right End
E. P. D uvA L... . ... ... .. . . .. . . . . .. .. . .... . . .... . ............. . Quarterback
A M. STEVENS . .. .. ... ... .. . . .. . ..... . .. . ..... . .. . . .. . . . . ... Right Halfback
A. G. QuiMBY .. . ... . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . .. F u llback
R. ANDERSON .... . .. .. . .... . . .. . ..... . ..... .. .. .. ... .. ....... L eft Halfback
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M. W . BonDLEY
C. G. BA'r'l.'L ic
F. B. GwYNN
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St. John '.;.. .. . . .... .. . . ...... . 0
St. John 's .... . ... . ... .. . .. .. . . . 0
St. John's . ..... . . . ..... . .. . . . .. 10
St. John 's .... .. . . .... . . .. . . . ... 10
St. John's ............ .. . . .. . . . . 9
St. John 's ... . ... . . ... . . .. .... .. 5
St. John 's ... . . . . .. . .... .. ...... 11
St. John 's ......... . ........ .. .. 11
St. John 's .. . ... . ... . ..... . . . . .. 6
U ni versi t y of Virginia . ......... .... 30
Navy . . . ........................ 38
Frank lin and Marsha ll ........ . . . .. 18
Virginia Mi litary Institute ....... . ... 11
Ri chmond College ..... ... . .... . . . . 0
George Washington University . ... . . 11
Maryland Agricultural College ....... 27
Ga llaudet. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..... .. .. 6
Johns Hopkins... ... . . . ... . . . . .. . . 5
Pennsylvania Mi litary Coll ege . . ..... .. 5
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�Games of the Season.
University of Virginia 30;
St. John's 6.
After training for only ten clays our team lined up at t hree o'clock on Sept em ber 30 again st t he strong University of Virgini a team . Our team was ou tweighed by fifteen to twenty pounds to t he man . At first our line held well , but
owing to the short time our team had been trai ning, combined with the overweight of their opponents, they began to weaken. In t he first half the Virgini a
t eam m an aged to score twelve points.
D urin g t he second half, Virginia made three m ore to uchdowns. It was in the
last three m inutes of play that St. J ohn's was able to score, alt hough they had
repeat edly gone through Virginia's lin e for som e tellin g gain s. Virginia was held
for downs, punting the ball to m id-field, D uval our crack qu arterback cat chin g it
ran through our opponent 's team for a touchdown , and ki cked goal maki ng t he
scc re Virginia , 30; St . J ohn 's, 6.
Navy 38 : St. J ohn 's 0.
On the eleventh of October our team lined up against t he strong Navy eleven.
During the entire game, rain fell in cessantly. The muddy field was a great handicap to our team, for t hey could not use their trick plays which they depended on
ve ry mu ch when fac in g heavier teams. I n the first half, the Navy scored three
t ou chdown s.
I n t he second ha lf, t hey scored fou r more to uchdowns During the last part
of t his half , St. J ohn 's star play 1ras made.
Navy ki cked off , :VIcCardell received the ball and returned it forty yard s; on
t he next rush Stevens carried the ba ll for ten yards m ore , bu t t hi s ended our rall y
and t ime was soon call ed . l\ av ~' 38: St . J ohn 's 0.
F ranklin and Marshall 18;
St. John 's .
The follO\Ying Saturday our team left for Lancaster to play t he Franklin and
!viarsh all eleven . 'Ne were at a great di sadvantage by the loss of Duv al, Anderson
and Captain Clark , who could not play on acco un t of injuries received in t he Navy
game.
For t he first ten minutes of t he game we outpl ayed our opponents an d were
carrying the ball dqwn t he fi eld for a t ouchdown , when we fum bled, an F . & M.
man secured the ball and rdl61 si~ty-fi ve yards for a touchdown .
F. & l\1. was able to push th e ba l over our goal line for twelve more poin ts in
t he second ha 1f.
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�Virginia Military Institute 11; St. John 's 10.
Our team during the next week went through some hard practice. Leaving
Annapolis Octo ber 20, they arrived at Lexington the same night. The next day
was an ideal one for fo otball and our men made up their minds to give V. M. I. one
of the h ardest struggles they had met with during the season.
Duval kicked off to V. M. I. but we soon secured the ball on downs. St.
John 's now carried the ball by line plunges to our opponents' twenty-yard line,
from which point Duval kicked a beautiful field goal.
V. M. I. kicked off to us. After gaining about twenty yards the ball went to
V. M. I. on downs, and t hey began to pound our line for short gains until they were
able to push it over, but fai led at goal.
St . John 's received t he next ki ck off , but were soon held for downs. Stevens
punted, V M. I.'s man fumbled, and Battle recovered it On a fa ke play, Brady
made a forty-yard run for a touchdown . Duval ki cked goal.
V. M. I. received the next ki ck and by long end runs combined wi th some hard
line plunging carried t he ball fu lly seventy-five yards for a touchdown , and kicked
goal. A minute after t he ball was next kicked; t ime was called.
In t he second half , neither side was able to score . Most of the playing was
done in V. M. I.'s territory , showing that St. John 's were out playing their opponents.
Several times St. John 's was in striking distance of the goal, but fai led to make the
necessary yards. After twen ty-five minutes of hard playing, the half ended.
This game was undoubted ly one of t he best games ou r team put up during the
season .
he had gone out of bounds. However, we continued to pound their line unt il we
rea ched our opponents' five-yard line, from where Duval by a long end run made a
touchdown, but failed to kick goal
St. John 's kicked off in the second h alf. After ten minutes of play George
Washington carried the ball over the line for their first score.
We received the next kick but were unable to gain , Duval punted; it was a
short ki ck , ana our opponents then pounded our line for another touchdown.
We could gain no more ground until the time was nearly up , when we carried
the ball to G. W . 's twenty-yard line, where Duval ki cked a difficult goal making
score G. W. 12; St. John 's 9.
Maryland Agricultural College 27; St. John 's 5.
Our next defeat was dealt to us by the M. A. C. aggregation. The result of the
game was decidedly a surprise and probably t he least said the better.
In the first half, M. A. C. scored fifteen points, t heir gains being made mostly
around our ends.
In the next half they scored two more touchdowns , kicking both goals. At the
last minute of t he game our team by h ard work pushed Stevens over for our only
tou chdown. But we failed at goal. Score M. A C. 27 ; St. John 's 5.
St. J ohn 's 11 ;
Gallaudet, 6.
The Saturday following the Richmond game , we met the George Washington Uni versity team. Again we were great ly outweighed. The first half was undoubted ly ours, for t he ball was main ly in George Washington's part of the field.
After a few minutes of play, Hut chinson our left end made a beautiful run of
sixty yards for a touchdown, but was called back by the referee who claimed that
Embittered at our defeat by M. A. C. we lined up on November 18, against
Gallaudet. Though we did not run up a large score we completely outplayed our
opponents; owing to a miss pass by our quarter, a Gallaudet man secured the ball ,
making a tou chdown after a run of fifty yards.
St. J ohn 's scored in each half by straight football. After plunging through
Gallaudet 's line for eighty yards, H auver was pushed over for the first touchdown.
Battle missed a difficult goal. The first half ended with the ball in our possession in
mid-field.
In t he second half, six minutes after the whistle blew, Captain Clark went over
the line for a second score. Battle kicked goal.
An aoTeement had been made between t he two teams to stop the game at a
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certain tim e to allow us to catch the train . When time was called t here
remained fourteen minutes to play, with t he ball in our possession on our opponents' ten-yard line.
There is no doubt but we could have scored twice more during the remainder
of the half .
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St. John's 10; Richmond College 0.
On Saturday, October 28, 1905, we played our first game on home grounds, and
made a very poor showing against Richmond, as we fully expected a much larger
score.
Overconfiden ce no doubt played an important part in this game. St. J ohn's
was able to score a touchdown in each half, but failed at both goals.
George Washington University 12 ; St . John' s 9.
�St . John 's 11 ; Hopkins lTniversit y 5.
Th e foll owing week , t he conversation chi efly earried on at om clear old Co ll ege
h y t he st ud ents wa.. · a bout the H o pkins game. The " Old f-'t . .Jolm ·, :-ipirit'' whi ch
h ttcl slumbered during the early part of the senson \Yas once more aroused in ench
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Telegrams began to come in from m an y former foot bn.ll heroes. How could
the t eam that represented "Old St . J ohn 's" of 1905 fail to do their cluty with all
this confront ing t hem . The spiri t and excitemen t was now at it s hi ghest pit ch,
recit ations were skipped, and yell-practice was held in their stead
Saturd ay dawned an ideal day fo r t h e fray . Every playe r "·ore a smile that
would n ot come off.
The team , a ccompanied by t he entire student bod y and a host of friends, left
on th e noon t rain for Baltimore. Th ese were m et at Oriole P ark by several
hundred Alumni , fo rm er stud ents and fri ends. Hopkin s was certain that the game
was hers.
St. J ohn 's was first upon the fi eld , amid the yells and songs of the rooters.
H opkins soon came and received great a pplause F· om h er supporters .
The game started at three o ' clock Hopkins kicked off to ::\[cCardell who
fumbled the ball, a H opkins man falling upon it on St. J ohn 's twenty-yard lin e.
Three times did Hopkins buck the lin e and three t imes the St. John 's line never
budged. Our team now rushed the ball for twenty yards, where t hey were held for
down s. H opkin s brought the ball back to our two-yard line whe e h ey fumbled,
St. J ohn 's securing it . Duval punted out. H opkins was not able t o advance it and
were compelled to ki ck; Duval received it and ran l~ ac k fifteen yards
Our t eam started down the field for a touchdown , fiTst Anderson and t hen
Stevens would plunge through the Hopkins line for a gain from two to five yards;
every man was now playing ball for all he was worth.
When in mid-field we tried one of the most risk y plays kn own in football ; that
of throwing the ball di agon ally across the field for fifteen yards. Anderson caught
it and mad e a run for twenty-five yards. On the next play , Duval went around
H opkins for fifteen yards. These two plays seemed to bewi lder H opkins for they
never knew where the ball would com e from the next time. Anderson , Stevens ,
McCardell and Clark repeated ly tore through Hopkins line for substantial gains.
On H opkins two-yard line, Stevens carri ed the ball over for our first score, Duval
ki cked goal.
Hopkins next kicked off to us, but we soon lost the ball on downs . Hopkins
now began to buck the line and carried t he ball to our twelve-yard line , from where
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�Worthington broke through for a touchdown , but failed to kick goal. First halfSt. John 's 6; Hopkins 5.
St. John 's kicked off at the beginning of t he secon d half. It was a short ki ck
and before a H opkins man could reach it Brady had fallen on the ball. After a
series of rushes , Anderson went over for our second touchdown. Duval missed goal.
The rooters were wild with excitement ; t hey yelled and sang for now t he game
looked as if it belonged to St. John's. They had by this t ime driven t he Hopkins
rooter from t he gran d-stand to the other side of the fie ld , by their rootin g.
We received t he next kick-off, tried a few more trick plays, mingled ;vith
straight fo otball , and rushed t he ball for eighty yards, but lost it on H opkins.
three-yard line. After a few exchange of punts the weight of H opkins team and
the fearful pace our team had been going, began to tell.
We were playing with the same spirit but were growing weary. Hopkins
began t o buck our lin e for short gains, and had carried the ball about forty yar ds
to mid-field when the whistle blew Up went headgears, nose guards, sweaters,
and h ats , for St. J ohn 's had won the day, while the air was rent with cheer aft<:r
cheer. Two minutes after t ime was called, a H opkins man could not be found.
The team had never played a better game before, as a gent leman rema rked~
" It was like one man playing on t he ball instead of eleven.' The day v
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Pennsylvania Military College 5 .
On Thanksgiving Day we played our annual gamewith P. M. C. at Chester"
Pennsylvania.
It was a bitter cold day and our team did not do themselves much credi t in t he
first half. In t his half, P. M. C. scored a touchdown but failed at goal. First halfP.M. C. 5; St. J ohn 's 0.
During the second half, our team put up a much better game and completely
outplayed their opponents. In the middle of t he h alf, Stevens broke t hrough
P. lVI. C. 's line and made a beautiful run of sixty yards for a touchdown ..
Duval kicked goal. This ended the scoring.
After the game, the P . M. C. students seren aded our team, to which St. John's,
rei3ponded by giving yells , showing the good feeling existing between the two·
institutions.
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J. RoY McCARDELL, (Ca ptain) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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c. C. R EYNOLDS, . . .. .. . . . .... . .. . .... .... . ..... ... . ..... . . . . . . . )
R . A R ousE, .... . .... .. .... . . ... . . ..... .. .. .. ......... . . ........ Catcher
E. P . D u vAL, ..... . .... . . ... . . . . ...... . . . . . .. . . . .. .. . .. . .. . .. First B ase
F RED. H oovER , . .. .. . . . . .. .. .. . . . . .. .... . . .. ... . .. . . .. .... . .. Second Base
E DWA RD CARROLL, .......... . . . . ...... .. . . . . ..... . .... . .. . . .. . Third Base
AMos MACKIE, . . .. ..... . . . . .. ..... .. . . .. ... .. . ....... . .. .. ..... . S hortstop
G. M. AusTIN, .. . ...... . ... .. . ........ . . . . . ... . ... . . .. . ....... Right Field
J . R oY McCARDELL, . . . .. . ... ...... .. . ... . . . . . . . .. . . . . .. . . .... Left Field
D . WRIGHTSON, ..... . . . ... .. .......... . ... . . . . . . . ... .. .... . .. Center Field
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�Scores, 1905.
St . John's Colleg ' . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
St. John 's College .. . . . . .. . . .. 10
St. John 's College .... ... . . ... .4
St. John 's Colleg . . ...... . . ... 1
St. John's College ..... . ... . .. . 6
St. John 's College . . . ..... . .... 8
St. John's College ... . . ... . . . . . 2
. St. J hn's Coll :ge .. .... . .. . .. 4
St. John's College . ........ . . .. 7
St. John's College ... . ..... . ... 6
St. John 's College ... . ......... 1
St. John 's College . .. . .. .. ... . .:1
St. John 's College .. . ....... .. . 2
St. John's College ...... . .... . 11
St. John 's College ........... . . 4
St. John 's College .. . ... . ..... . 9
St. John 's College . ............ 7
Rock Hill College . .. ... ....... . . .. . .. ... 12
Johns Hopkins University ... . ... . ... . .. . . 7
University of Virginia ........ . ...... . . . .. 9
University of North Carolina .... . .. .. .. . . . 5
Syracuse University ..... ... . .. . . . . ... . . . 20
University of Virginia . .. . ............... 19
Washington and Lee University . . .... . .... 7
Virginia .Military Institute . .. . ... . . . ...... 2
Virginia Polytechnic Institute . . . . .. .. .... . 2
Guilford Co llege . ........... . ...... .. ... . 7
Trinity Co llege .... . .................. . . . 2
Agri cultural and Mech anical College ... ... . 10
Artillery School . ... .................... . 4
Maryland Agricult ural College ..... . ....... 3
Navy .... . .. . . ....... . . . ... . . . .. . . . .... 9
Maryland Agricultural College . ..... . . .... . 3
Gallaudet . ......... .. .... . . ...... ....... 9
Ellicott City, March 29 .
On March 29th , twelve of St. John 's ball tossers journeyed to E llicott City,
where they furnished slight amusement for the Ro ck Hill College team, and occasioned much harsh criticism from their supporters, by being defeated to the tune
of 12 to 3. "Nuff said."
Staley's three bagger, and Devries sin gle in the third innin g, scc red St. John 's
only run. P atterson of North Carolina had a very deceptive risin g ball , which our
batters were unable to land on safely . North Carolina 5; St. John 's 1.
Annapolis, Md., April 14.
St. J ohn 's received the worst defeat administered to her during the season at
the hands of Syracuse University ; by the score of 20 to 6 St. John 's held her
opponents clown to six runs until the seventh inning when Syracuse batted the
ball over the field, assisted by errors on our part, and sco red fourteen runs.
Syracuse 20; St. John's 6
TH E SOUTHERN TRIP.
Charlottesville, Va., April 20.
The team , with two substitutes, C0ach Bond and Manager Chambers left on
April20 , for a series of ten games sout h of t he Potomac.
The first game ended rather disastrously for us, by losin g to the University of
Virginia by a score of 19 t o 8. Barrin g the last inning when Virginia
scored seven runs our team put up a very creditable showing against su ch a strong
team. Staley started the game for St. John 's but gave away to ·wrightson after
the third inning. Virginia 19 ; St. John 's 8.
Lexington, Va. , April 21.
The game with Washin gton and Lee University was played in a rain. During
the first our innin gs W. & L. managed to sco re seven runs. Duval was substituted
for McCardell , and after t his W. & L. never made a hit. J ohnson proved somewhat
of a puzzle for St. John's, while he struck out only seven men . W. & L. 7 ; St .
John's 2.
Lexington , Va., April 22.
St. J ohn 's, 4; and Mr. Goodloe, 2 is the story of the game between St. John 's
and Virginia Military Institute on Saturday, April 22. Wrightson pitched for St.
Jolm 's ; he struck out eleven men and allowed but five hits; two of them , however,
were hom e runs by Goodloe. Duval and D evries did t he heaviest batting for St.
John 's, the latter making a home run . V. M. I. 2; St. John 's 4
. Annapolis, Md., April 1.
Smarting from the defeat administered by Rock Hill, St. John's took a decided
brace, and defeated Hopkins by a score of 10 to 7. The feature of the game was
St. John 's batting rally in the eighth inning, when out team batted Hopkins'
pitchers to the four points of the compass, scoring enough runs to win the game.
St. John 's 10 ; H opkins University 7.
Annapolis, Mel. , April 7.
Rouse, the first man a t the bat , landed on the ball for a home run, St. John 's
scored three more runs during the game. In the sixth and seventh innings Virginia's
batting rally, coupled wi th errors by St. John 's, netted nine runs
These were the only innings Virginia was able to score. Virginia 9; St.
John's 4.
Annapolis, Mel., April13.
North Carolina 's excellent batting, together with an errorless game, was what
St. John 's confronted on April 13 .
Blacksburg, Va., April24.
The bunching of hits in the second and fifth innings was responsible for St.
John 's administering to V. P. I. her first defeat of the season.
Staley pitched a beautiful game allowing only one hit , while t he team gave
him excellent support . The features of the game was the batting of Tarbert, Staley
Clark and DeVTies, Devries making his second home run on the t rip. V. P. I. 2;
St. John's 7
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vVe crossed bats with Guilford College, Greensboro, N. C., on Tuesday afternoon, April 25 , before a large crowd.
Wrightson 's disastrous first and third
innings allowed Guilford five runs. He was replaced by Duval who had no trouble
with the heavy hitting "tar heels.'' But for the misjudging of two flies, the score
would have been 6 to 5 in favor of St . John's, as each of these developed into a
run . Guilford 7; St. John's 6.
The first game was played at College Park. M. A. C. did not make a hit until
the sixth inning, nor until two men were out in the ninth did they add another, but
as we had a lead of eight runs there was not much fear. of-being overtaken. The
feature of the game was our batting rally in the eight inning when two singles, one
two-bagger, three three-baggers, with a base on balls, and one error, netted us eight
runs. The game was called at the end of the eighth inning to enable us to catch
the train. M. A. C. 3; St . John's 11.
Durham, N. C., April 27.
This was the best game our team put up on the trip. Staley was in the box,
and had decidedly the best of the argument, against Bradshere "King of the Southern Diamond.'' He allowed but three hits in the first two innings and one in the
seven following, with eight strikeouts to his credit. St. John's made five hits off
of Bradshere; this was more than any team had done so far in the season; he also
fell two short of his usual number of strikeouts. Jn the last inning with two men
on bases, any kind of a hit rr::eant two runs but Clark's two efforts fell foul , one each
in right and left field; and our last hope was gone. Trinity 2; St. John 's 1.
Annapolis , Md. , May 11.
Our next game was with the Navy . Our team put up another excellent game,
the score being 4 to 0 in St. John's favor, until the fifth inning , when the Navy got
on to Staley's delivery. In the fifth and sixth, they made enough hits to score
nine runs . St. John 's outfielded the Navy, making but one error during the game.
The feature of the game was the catching of a difficult fly by Duval in deep
center Navy 9; St . John's 4.
Raleigh, N . C., April 28.
Poor playing in general was responsible for the loss of this game. A. & M.
scored ten runs in the first three innings from Duval's deli very. In the fourth
inning, Staley was put in the box, after which A. & M. never crossed the plate.
Our inability to hit Love! kept our score down . Schrock was hit in the eighth,
went to the th1rd on a passed ball , and scored on Rouse 's fly to center, thus saving
a shut-out. A. & M. 10; St. John 's 1.
Fortress· Monroe, Va., April 29.
A chance three-bagger with bases full, followed by a single, tells the story, and
accounts for the only scoring done by the Soldiers. At no other time was there a
show for them to score. Had our hits been bunched the score would have been
different. We were up against the fourth "South-paw" on the trip , but could not
connect at the right time; this, coupled with some stupid base running, was responsible for losing our last , and what should have been the easiest game of the
trip. Artillery School 4; St. John's 2.
Annapolis, Md., May 13.
St. John's won the second game of the series from M. A. C. Benson, the star
pitcher of our opponents, was in the box, but our team had very little difficulty in
finding his curves. The feature of the game was a beautiful throw by Duval
from deep center to first base, robbing Benson of a clean hit. This play ended the
game in a very sensational manner. Wrightson for St. John's, pitched an excellent
game and held the "Farmers" down at critical Etages . M. A. C. 3; St. John's 9.
Annapolis, Md., May 27.
We played our ·ast game with Gallaudet. It was a g me that should have
been an easy victory for St. John's . Wrightson pitched a good game but was not
given the support he deserved. Gallaudet put up a fine game in the field, and took
advantage of every opportunity to make a point. Gallaudet 9 ; St . John's 7.
College Park, May 3.
Instead of playing Washington College, as was scheduled, we played M. A. C.
St. John's and Maryland Agricultural College had formed an Intercollegiate League.
Three games were arranged to be played , one at each College, and in case of a tie,
the third at Baltimore.
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�CJrack Cfeam.
Our track team season started under adverse circum stances, with a meet early
in February. The men had no indoor track on which to practice, and t hey could
not go outside, so t he work was begun in the gymnasium . One of the greatest.
drawbacks was the absence of Captain Gore, who, on account of typhoid fever, was
unable to run for some time. Not on ly was he captain but also the fastest man.
Th e team went to Baltimore on Saturday, February 11 , 1905, to competeinthe
annual indoor track meet held by John s Hopkins University, in t he Hopkins cage.
Our opponents were t he University of 1aryland team, against whom we ran a relay
race of 1200 yards. Harrison our first man gained about fifteen yards; Duval in165
T RACK TE AM
�creased our advantage to twenty yards , but was unable to hold it , owing to lack of
training; Melvin, having never run on a banked track, gave the University man an
opportunity to pass him , which he took; but , in so doing, he fouled Melvin causing
him to loose ten yard ' ; Ruhl was unable to make up the big handicap under which
he started and the University won Time 2.40.
The next trip was to ·w ashington, to take part in the indoor meet given by
Georgetown Universi ty, on Saturday, Feb. 25, in the Convention Hall. Again
they ran against the University of Maryland , who had defeated them two weeks
before. Harrison started the race, gaining about twenty yards; Sinclair ran next
and gained slightly ; Ruhl lost some yards; Gore ran fourth , and being badly
fouled on the third turn, the race was given to St. John 's. However, the boys are
confident that they would have won anyhow, as Gore, our fastest runner , was by
this time in very good form.
To avoid overtraining, the men now left off their strenuous life for two weeks .
When they started again it was with renewed energy.
Twenty-two candidates presented themselves on the track: they were Sinclair,
Ruhl , H arrison J., Melvin, Harrison E. , Lloyd , Stevens, Magruder, Beam, Love,
Hutson, Harrison P., Carpenter, Saffold, Warfield, King, Sternberg, Hutchinson,
Pezet, Williams, and Gwynn.
Training was begun for the University of Virginia meet held on April 14.
The team did very well on this trip, bringing back six medals: one gold, for first
place; four silver, for second place; and one bronze, for third place.
The first race in which we competed was the hundred yard dash, in which
Stevens t:ecured second place. Gore entered the quarter mile race, winning second
by a few feet . The winner's time was fifty-five seconds J . T. Harrisoncame very
near winning third place E. A. Harrison came third in the half mile. The winning time was 2 .14. In the mile Hutson sprinted t,he last 200 yards, and lost first
place by only two yards. Time 5 .15 The last race of the day, the 220 yards run,
was won by Stevens, with Gore second, and Sinclair a close fourth. Time 23t
seconds.
On April 29, our relay team entered a contest with Allegheny , Maryland
Agricultural, St John 's of Fordham, N. Y., Muhlenburg , Western Maryland,
Delaware, and Franklin and Marshal Colleges. Our team was composed of J .
H arrison , Sinclair, E. Harrison , and Gore
J. Harrison , our first runner, got a bad start, principally through the fault of
the starter, who fired his pistol while the men were still on their marks. H e finished
sixth. Sinclair passed two men, starting E. A Harrison a fourth. Gore started
with a twenty-five yard handicap , but passed one man, thus securing third place.
St. John's , Fordham won. Time 3. 40}.
The Navy gave us a handicap meet on May 13. In this we won four out of
six events.
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The annual field and track meet, to dete mine the class championship, was
h eld on May 16 The events were as follow3:
1\)03.
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1906.
Rouse
I
Mile Run-5 :l Ot.
440 Yard s- 54-t ... . .. Gore
Tarbert
50 Yard Dash-5t . . . . Gore
High Jump- 5 ft. 4 in. Smit h
Gore
880 Yard Run-2 :15t ..
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0
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100 Yard Dash-lOt ..
Shot Put-31ft 9in ...
Discus Throw-91ft. 10 :n.
Broa d .Jump-19ft. 5 ir .
HammerThrow92ft . Ln.
220-Yard Dash-23!
220- Yard Hurdles-28t
R e la y -3:5 5 ... . . ...
Gore
Smith
Hopkins
Smith
Gore
Gore
Is
3
5
3
1
p
'5
1907.
p..,
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Pole Vault- S ft. 7in.
rti
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3
~ I Stevens
Harrison, E.
5
5
1
5
Sinclair
Houston
Houston
Sinclair
I H ouston
5 Sinclair
5
5
1
1
3
3
3
1
0
0.,
Bowen
Owen
McCardell 3 Gwynn
H arrison J .
Sinclair
Sturdy
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Stevens
Harrison , E.
Harrison, E.
Thompson
McKinley
Stevens
Harrison, E.
rti
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p
1908. '6
5
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1
1 Hutson 5
1
13
5 Hutson
T arbe rt
3
3
5
1
5 Perkins
3
3 Halbert
3
1
1
1
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Total N'um ber of Point<"j
at" Editors .
The highest individual scores were,
16 points; and Smith, '05, 13 points
Eight new records were made: Fifty
in 54! seconds, by Gore; mile, in 5 min
Hurdles, in 28.l seconds by Gore; Hamme
Jump, 19 ft . 5 in., by Smith; High Jump ,
10 in., by Bowen. The last record was aft ,
Pole Vault record 9ft. 1 in. , The class ot
it 3 . 55. Captain Gore ran in the South A
land Oval, Baltimore, on May 20. He w
second place in the 220-yard dash.
At a meeting of the track team , J. Hu
and E. A. H arrison , '07 was elected Mana
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1901- R. B. Spencer, '02
1902-John L. Blecker, '03
1903- Geo. W. Wilson, '04
1904- H arry W . Willing 05
1905- Donald Riley, '06
�The Collegian Editorial Board.
E. T. CLARK, '06 .. ... . . ... . ... . .... . ..... .. ... .. .. ........ Editor-in Chief
E. E. H EARN, '06 .................. . .... .. . . ...... . .. ....... Assistant Editor
A. HOUSTON' '06 ...... . . .... .. .. .. . ... ... .. . . . . . .. . . ... . .
H . STURDY, '06 .. . . . .. . .. .. .... .... ... ... . .. . ... .. .... . .. .
W. P. MoRRIS, C6 . ... . .. ... .... . .. .. . .. ... ... . . : . . ....... .
H. C. FooKs, '06 .. .. . .... . ..... .. .. .... . ... . . . .. .. ... . . . . r Associate Editors
W. McKINLEY, '07 ....... .. . .. ..... .... : . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... J
B. H ANCE; '07 . . .. . .. . . ..... . .... . ... .. ... .. ......... . . .
G. M. AusTI.N, '08 . .... .............. . ............ . .. .. · ·.
E L . GosNELL, '06 . . ... . ................ . . . .. . . .. ... · . · \
· R. ·A. .Rous ·, '0~ . . . .... . . ............ .. ........ .. . ... .. . Business NI anag(rs
J. T . H ARRISON, '07 . .. . ....... . ... . ... ......... ... . .... j
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Former uRat-1 atn Editors.
1901-R. B. Spencer, '02
1902-John L. Blecker, '0:)
1903-Geo. W. Wilson, '04
1904- H arry W . Willing 05
190.5-Donald Riley, '06
1896-Wm. T. Kemp, '97
1897-Dewitt C. T yler, '98
1898-Wm. L. Mays, '99
1899-J . Royal Phelps '00
1900-Andrew H. Krug , '01
E. T . CLARK , Capt . ' 05.
J . H. SINCLAIR
J . R. McCARDELL
·A. McC. STEVENS , Capt. ' 06.
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Rat- Tat" Staff.
Class of 1908.
Editor-in-Chief .... . .. . ....... . . .. . . .... . ...... . . . .... . ... George M. Austin
Assistant Editor-in-Chief .... .. .................. . ... .. ....... A. C. McBride
Miscellaneous Editor ......... . ... .. . .... . ..... . ... . .. ........ . G. L. Miller
T. Shugart
W. Munroe
r M. A. Melson
Ass is tan ts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..
A. Gartre ll
W . E. Hauver
W. Bailey
Literary Editor . .......... . ...... .. . ... .. . . .. . . ........ ... .. C. H. Sch uster
Assistant ........ . ....... . ............. . ...... .. ..... . ... .. J. I. Burton
Alumni Editor . ..... . . ..... . ..... ........ .. . . .... . . .. . . .... .. . F. E. Caulk
Assistant ....... . .. . .... . . ... . . . .... . . .. .... . ........ . .... .. H. Harding
Art Editor ..... . . . ...... . . ... .. ... ...... . .. ... . . .. .. ... . . . D. S. Swann
Assistant ......... . . . .......... ..... .... . .. ... . .. . ...... . . . F. L. Harrell
Humorous Editor .... ... .. . ........ . .. . ... .... ... . . .. .. ....... . L. Allen
Assistant ... . .. . . . ... .. ..... .. . . .... . ... .... ·. .. ........ . . . .. H . Tarbert
Town and Campus Editor ........... ........ .. ...... .. ...... . . .. . J. H all
Assistant ............... . .. . . .. . .... ... .. . ....... . . . .... . .. P. Harrison
Athletic Editor ... . .... . .. . .... .. ... ... ... . ... .. . . . .. . . . .... A. G. Quim by
Assistant . .. . ... . ..... .. ........... . . . ..... . . . . .. . . .. . . . . W. H. Perkins
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f F. R. Carpenter
N.
Busmess Managers .. . . . . . . . ... . .. . · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · ·
Sternberg
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Assistant .. . . . . . . . ... . .......... .. .... .. . ... . . ...... .. ...... A. G. Alder
Treasurer . . . ... ........ . . . .. . . . ....... ... . ... ... . . ....... ........ S. Rice
Secretary .......... ............... .... . .. .. .. . . .. ... . . . . . ... A. G. Laney
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1 he c4malgamated and Consolidated Order of
Junior Gougers.
OFFICERS.
E. H . McBRlDE . . ... . ... . . . .. ....... . ........ .. .. .. .. .......... Presidmt
0 . H . DRAPER .. ......... ... . . . .. ... .. . . . ......... . ... ...... Vice-President
W . M. Mc K INLEY ...... . .... .. .. .. . .. . . ... . .... ... .. . .......... Treasurer
E. E. BENNETT ....... .. .... . . . ....... . . .... ... . .... . .. . ....... Secretary
MEMBERS (JuNIOR CLASS).
The Association meets semi-annually , ten days before the intermediate and
final examinations. It is unnecessary to say that these meetings prove very beneficial, and add materially to our welfare. At the last meeting McBride read an
excellent paper on "The most successful way to gouge;'' Draper, on "The benefits.
of gouging;'' Ruz , "How to skin the Profs;' ' McKinley, " The best way to prepare
for an examination;'' Belt, began to read a paper on "The fooli shness of gouging,''
but had not gotten far when he was set upon by all the members present, and kicked
down three fiights of stairs. The meeting then ad journ ed with Belt and Burke .
arguing furiou sly on the back cam pus.
Signed, Secretary.
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�St. John's dlutomobile Club.
St. John 's Boarding Club.
(Preamble. )
(Meal hours from 8 A. lVI. to 1 P. M.)
MENU.
Turkey, Chemistry Sauce.
Woodcock, on half shell.
Lobster Salad.
Bugology, with Stuffed Bullfrogs.
Analytics
a Ia
Ducky.
Broiled Cosines.
Quail (Bob White) on Greek Toast.
Stryker R oast, History Dressing.
English Plum Pudding.
Rippere Soup.
Dutch Pickles.
Many of our members have purchased automobiles and found it much more
convenient and pleasant to ride than to walk , until exam ination time, when the
automobiles get out of repair, or the Cha uffeur becomes a little nervous, and plunges
headlong over the precipice of some difficult L atin passage.
Such an act invariably precipitates t he rider into the quagmire of Flunkouttown,
from which he can only be extricated by the gracious permission of the owner of
these domains, " Bob White.' ' More than once has it pleased this H igh MuckyJYi uck, to allow the unfortunate rider to flounder in the mire for four long years,
until at last he is able to free himself by a more judicious use of a pony.
These automobilists have found it necessary to band themselves together,
for the purpose of ease and enj oyment , while on their various excursions, to promote a feeling of good fellowship, and look after the interest and welfare of its
members; for this purpose, the following committee was appointed to draft a
Constitution and By-Laws.
COMMITTEE.
AFRICANUS GARVER, Ph.D , LL .D .
FERDINAND HORATIUS DAVIS, M .A.
AuGUSTUS GREGORY. Prof. of S teamology.
A. C. McBRIDE, Prof. of Horticulture.
Poker, on Red Chips.
Von Schwe1tzer Cheese.
DESSERTS.
Hurricane Bill's Pie.
Ten Demerits.
CONSTITUTION.
ARTICLE I. This Club shall be known as the "Automobile Club of St. John 's
College.'' Its purpose shall be to worry the Faculty, and the propagation of that
remarkable feat of thoroughly underst anding the intricate idiosyncrasies of that
miraculously constructed piece of mechanism, known as an automobile; also to
accurately determine the center of gravity, and maintain your equilibrium on a
bucking broncho (pony).
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�AnT li. \iV hen in the course of human carelessness, an autom.obi le stri kes
an obstruction , thereby precipitating the rider to the distance of 90 feet, causing·
him to revolve six and one ha lf times during the exit, landing on hi s head at t.he
feet of Jack Rippere, he shall maintain this position and humbly beg fo r mercy .
If thi s gentleman does not at once accede to his entreaties he shall jump up and
kick him in the solar plexus, with beth feet simultaneously.
AnT. III. If any member divulges or makes known the secrets of the
clu b, he shall be bound hand and foot , tied to a 120 horse-power automobile, at
the end of a 50-foot rope, and dragged un t il you will have to soak his remains out
of the ground with benzine.
ART. IV. Every man before becoming a n: ember shall have his life insured
to the extent of 99 demerits.
JAcK RrPPERE . .... . ... .. . . ... .. . . . .................. . ... . . . .R ubber Down
0. I. C. ITS DnA PER ...... . .. . ... ....... . .. . . . ... . . . . . . . . . .. .Chief Lubricator
"DoN QuiXOTE" RILEY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . .. .
. ·w ater Carrier
E. S. P . G. R. BuRKE .. . ...... ... . ....... . .. . . .. .. . . .. . . . .. . . Chief Chaffeur
A. T. VALK....... . ..... . . . .. . ..... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
E. T . CLARK..... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Assistants
W. P . CuTLER ... . ........... .. .. . . . ......... . . ...... .... . . .. .
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PLAIN ORDINARY EVERY DAY RIDERS.
MILLER.
ANDERSON.
CHILDS.
RuHL.
Gof:iNlcLL.
FooKs.
SHANNAHAN.
HE CHT.
BY-LAWS.
l.
No Chaffeur shall eecome engaged to more than six girls, during his term of
service , for fear of a breach of promise suit , which would take him away
from his duties.
II. If a Chaffeur be apprehended driving his machine at a rate of speed greater
than 120 m iles per hour , he shall at once be dismissed from the service.
III. It shall be the duty of t he head machinist to thoroughly over-haul all machines
and see t hat t hey are in perfect running condition, previous to each examinat ion .
AMENDMENT.
E . H . McBride shall at all times constitu te a quorum, and no one s hall presum e to dispute his statements.
OFFICERS.
· CousiN CHARLIE McBRIDE .... .. . .... . . ....... . . ... .. . . ..... .... . .. President
MoTHER H EARN ..... . ................ . .......... .. .... . .. . .. Vice-President
SPEIDLJ<J BURG HANCE ........... . .......... .. ...... . ..... . . ........ Secretary
SrEIDLEBURG II. BuRTON . .. . .. . .... . .... . .... . .. . .. ... ... . .... . . Treasurer
ToMMY FELL ........... . . . ..... . . . ........... . ......... .. .. H ead Machinist
BoB WHITJ<: . . . . .. : . .. . ......... . ........... . . . . . ... .. . ............ . .Coach
A W ouLD- Bic WooDcocK . . ... . ......... . ..... . .... .. .... . . ..... .. .... Trainer
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TILGHMAN.
HALBEll'l', c. R.
CHANCE.
THOMPSON.
�Butt-in-sk-y Club.
In the world's broad field of butting
In the butting-in of life,
Be not like stale, rancid butters,
Be a butter-in the strife.
MOTTO .
"Butters butt-in where angels fear to tread.''
EMBLEM -A
goat .
A membership card from this Club entitles the holder t o butt-in on a ny and
all occasions, either private or public.
MEMBERS .
His Excellency Lord High Chancellor . . . .. . ... .... ... . . Sir William "Goat''
One Stale Rancid Butter. . . . . . . . . . . .
. .. . .. . . . ... ... . .... P. HARRISON
A Royal Butter from Butters ville ... . . . .. . .. .. ......... .. .... . ... I. P. KANE
Soft Butter ........ . ....... . .... .. ... .. ..... ' . . . . . . . . .
. . F. CARPENTER
Fresh Butter ..... ...... ... . .. .. . . .... . . .. .... . .. . . . . ..... . D. WRIGHTSON
Hard Butter . ............. .. .. ... .. . . . ... . ... . ... . .. .. . . .... H. TARBERT
Yellow Butter ... . ........... . . . ... . .. .. . .......... . . . . . .. .. J. THOMPSON
White Butter ....... .. . . . ... ..... . . ... . .. .... . . .. .... . .. .. ... P. PHILLIPS
Fraternal Butter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. .. ..... . . ....... .. . B . HAN CE
Butter With Whiskers . .. . . ... . .. . . .. .. ... . . ...... .... . .... ..... . . BEARD
Boarding House Butter . . ... . .. ... .... .. ..... ... . ........ . .. . .. CoLLINSON
Butter-in Urbe . . . . ............ . ... . · . · . .. .. . · · . · · ·. · · · · · · · · · · · · · MILLER
BUTTRESSES.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Moonlight on the Se'bern.
All the air is quiet and hushing ,
Save the river's onward rushing,
Save the nightingale 's sweet gushillg,
On the Se vern's banks tonight.
Softly, sweetly, serenely streaming
Rays of gentlest beauty beaming,
From the moon so silvery seeming·,
Bathe the earth in silent splendor.
Fleecy, furry clouds a re saili ng
'Cross the sky, and partly veiling
Shining stars, and even trailinil;
Past the Mist ress of th e night.
Shado11 s here and there a re flittin g,
Moonbeam patches deftly slitting,
With a quickness unrem itting,
And are skinuning o'er the . wav es .
'Long her shores are lowe ring , dipping,
Trees, their foliage drooping, dripping,
In her luscious nectar sipping
Up a rich and plenteous store.
On the rippling waves are dancing,
Glancing, netted m oonbeams prancing,
Quite entrancing, still enhancing
All the beauty of the Sew~ rn .
In and out th e wa ves are whirling
'Round the boat's bow purling, curling,
And in little eddies twirling,
Flashing, splashing as in gl ee .
0 'er th e gliste ning wate r
A Substitute Buttress .. . ...... .. .... · · · . .. .. · . · · · · · · . · . · · · · OLE-0-lVIAJORm
Sweetest Butter of All . .. . .. . .... . .. . . . ... .... . . H er Ladyship NAN CY GoAT
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g lidin~,
Gently rowing, sli d ing, r idinl!,
Through tb r, shado ws soft ali din~[,
Flitting, AickEring o 'er the waws.
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�Fragrant, fluttering breezes blowing,
Seeds of joy a nd pleasure sowing
In our h earts, and p eace bestowing,
Glorious, glowing, joyful p eace.
F loating in the moon's soft beaming,
\Ve are dreams the sweetest dream ing ,
W l1ile the spark ling waves are gleam ing
\Vith the rays of silvery sheen.
So we float , of nothing thinking,
Float through shadows leering, blinking
F loat, the wea lth a nd beauty drinking
Of the moonlight of th e Sevcm.
All t he a ir is still .and hu shing,
Save the river 's rapid ru shing ,
Save the nigh t ingale's s weet gushing
On the Se vern's banks tonight.
A Tale of Lo?Je.
"In the shade of the old apple t ree,'' " H e fell in love with Polly,'' " Because''
"She was an old sweetheart of his.' ' "Years ago,'' "\¥hen the bees were in the
hive,'' and " The sunset turned the ocean's blue to go ld, "He met her'' "Strolling
through the Pines.'' " All Alone'' "Tonight,'' h~ said . " Yes,'' she replied , " I 've
been loo king for you toni ght.' ' "You are the star of my life,'' and now, " In vacation time,'' " Keep a cozy corner in your heart for me,'' for " I 've got a feeling for
you" and " Longing to be with you all the while." " Darling ," he said, "As the
moon creeps o'er the P lains'' " Remember me.'' Although " On ly a little bubble
on life's mighty wave'' " I want you to think of me'' " vVhen the harvest moon
is shining on the river'' and "The whippoorwill is singing in the trees.'' "Don't
cry Po lly dear,' ' for " I think so much of you;' ' "But we must part'' for "I'm
going "Back, back , back to Baltimore,'' " \¥h ere the Southern roses grow.' ' " It's
up to you, John Henry,'' she replied, "St ay with me'' and "I will love you,
a lways love you. " ''Marriage is sublime.' ' " vVon 't you fond le me?" "No body is
looking but the owl and the moon'' and "You alone.'' "I love you, Polly,'' was his
repl y . " Beyond the gates of Paradise,' ' "No sweeter words were ever said.' '
" I wi ll stay with you ,'' and "You alone,'' " I n the shade of the whispering pines.''
" They strolled'' and " By the seashore'' " They talked of love'' unt il the "Waves"
sang " Th e songs that they heard in their dream s.'' " The moon is going clown,''
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said he, and " We must part.' ' " Just one kiss,'' "My love,'' " Just for tonight. "
("Kisses" ) "Sorrow then sat on their brows.' ' " In drifting apart,'' she said,
" I know your heart is warm and true.'' " Under southern skies,'' "vVon 't you
love me as of old?'' "\¥hen I gaze into your eyes'' "I cannot say goodbye'' but
"Kiss me goodnight , clear love.'' "I'll be longing for you,'' he replied, "vVhen we
part ,'' for" I am trying so hard to forget you.'' "Absence makes the heart grow
fonder, '' but "Kiss me again'' and "I will go'' "Back, back , back to Baltimore.''
Thereupon Burke, "The man from Baltimore'' sang "Goodbye sweet Marie,'' and
departed.
Tfte Boat R ace.
At St. John's one dark night dreary, slept the Freshie weak a nd weary,
Dreaming many a dim and dismal dream of but two-seventy-four;
·while the blast grew cold and cutting, every crack and crevice gutting,
Suddenly there came a butting, butting at his ch amber door,
" Tis some Sophie cruel," h e mu t tered , "Sophie known by d ee ds of yore,
On ly this an d nothing more."
"Ah !'' said h e in tone of sorrow, "how I long to see the morrow,
And though trouble I 'll not borrow, for I h ave a p lenteous store,
Still as a ll I well rem ember that has happened since September,
When I first became a m ember of the Freshies fra il and poor,
R a ges all the ire within me as it never did before ,
This it does and nothing more.''
Still h e h eard that furiou s knocking, and with haste the door unlocking,
Saw a s igh t t hat thrilled him, filled him with unthought of t error.
For the Sophies loudly blating were in greatest rage berating
Him for keeping them in wa iting till they nea rly broke his door;
Then the Freshie m a de obeisance though he still was so ur and sore,
Simply this and nothing more.
Then they, ex it quickly making, other Fresh ies also taking
Who as yet were but awaking from a slumbrous s nooze and snore;
To the chapel steps proceed ing, with the Freshies ' hearts n ear bleeding,
Neither Profs. nor 0. D. h eed ing (who is nothing but a bore);
'Vent they to the chapel steps, steps before the ch a pel door.
This they did a nd something more.
For their h a nds the toothpicks grasping, and th e s waying washbowls clashing,
Sat they in the washbowls rowing as they n ever rowed before;
But the SophiEs wise were hiding, for they saw a figure gliding
In the sha dows d eep abiding by the gloomy chape l door;
But th e Freshic s still were rowing with a stEady stroke of oar.
Th is they did as ne 'cr before.
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�And the Prof. by stealth approaching caught a Sophie who was broaching
Words of warning to the crew, coaching them as ne'er before.
Harder was his lot than any, h is demerits were too many,
And the next day saw h im going back to his p arental door.
"Ah !'' said he, now sad and sore, "I am stranded on life's shore,
For two weeks and nevennore."
But my tale still to continue, the Prof. as mad as an Erinnye,
Sent the Freshies scattering, scampering to their roost on the fourth floor.
Soon in sleep th ey dreams were dream ing, which with boats and oars were teeming,
H a ving all the dreadfu l seeming of the night just gone before.
But they Freshies are no more, and to Sophies have gone o'er,
And shall row, nevermore.
E. H . M.
Spring.
Spring has come.
The rich warm blood runs through her veins,
And tinges all the leaves a deep green hue.
How beautifu l !
The deep and dark , dense fo liage,
The broad sky's ethereal blue,
The warbling birds,
That singing from their woodland bower,
Enlivens the scene and enraptures the soul of man.
The verdant fields,
The blooming meadows and beautiful flowers
Are signs of Nature loosed from winter's ban.
Songs Each Student Likes to Sing.
"I Want My Money Back'' ........ . ........ . .. . . . . . .. . .. ... . .. .. . H ECHT
"Just Across the Bridge of Gold" (Severn) .... . .. .. .. . . .. ... . .. ... .. ... R uz
"Back, Back , Back to Baltimore" ...... ........... . . . ..... . .. .. ..... BuRKE
"Way Down Yonder in the Cornfield" .. . .... .. . ..... .. .... . .... ..... MoRRis
"Down on the Farm'' . . . ....... .... . . .. . . ...... .... . ... ...... . .. . TrLGH MAN
"Every Little Bit Helps' ' .. .. .................... . . . .. ... . .. . . . . . . HoDGsoN
"Four Little Curly Headed Coons'' ............ . .... . ....... . .. . McKINLEY
"Don't Care if I Never Wake Up' ' ... ... .. . . . .. . . ... . .. ... . .... . .. .. . BRI SCOJ~
"I Want my Mamma" ................ .. .... . ... . ........ .... ... ... RuHL
"Oysters and Clams'' .................... . . .. . . . . . . ........... CouLBOURN
"Make a Fuss Over Me'' ......................... . .... . .... . ..... HARRISON
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"Pals, Good Old Pals'' .......... .. ...... .. . ... . .. . .. .. . .... . Ruz and MELVIN
" Rose Without a Thorn. " ....... .. ... . ....... .. . ......... . ........ CLARK
"Soldiers'' (Duet) .. .. .............. . . .. ... . . . . ... . .... STONE and STROHM
"Up and Down the Boardwalk" .... . ...... ... .. . ....... . ........ BJDNNETT
"Under the Anheuser Busch' ' ....... . . . . . . .. . ... .. ...... .. . .. .. ..... Bl~ L'l'
"vV on 't you Fondle Me?'' . .... . ..... . . .. ..... . .................. BoRDLEY
" I Want to be Loved' ' .. . .. . ... . .. . ... .. .... .. . . .. . . ....... . .... . DRAPER
" Dawn of Love'' ...... .. .. . . .. .. . ..... ........ . .... .. . .......... . .. LovE
"Lonesome'' ...... .. ... ... .. ... . . . . . .... .. . .. ... . .. ... . . ....... . .. . TJ•;RRY
"I See Her in lVIy Dreams'' ........... . . .. . .. ... ..... . .. ...... ..EvERYBODY
A Fool's Dictionary.
AnsTINEN CJ
,;.-From the P ersian ab (water), and stein, or tankard. Hence, water
tankard or "water wagon.''
AnvERSITY.- A bottomless lake, surrounded by near-sighted friends .
ALCOHOL.-A liquid for preserving almost everything except money.
ANCESTORS.-Th e originators of the Fami ly Tree, a rem arkable sex paradox in whi ch
"Ann-sisters' ' are always the four-fathers.
ANNA POLis.-A suburb of Eastport.
APPENDI CITIS.-A modern pain costing about $200 more than the old-fashioned
"cra1np.' 'ATHLETE. -A diginified bunch of muscles unable to split wood, or sift ashes.
BACHELOn.-From Latin baculus, a stick , unattached. Hence an unattached
m an , which any lady may "stick," stick to, or get stuck on.
BACKBITER.- An Annapolis mosquito .
BA sE BALL - A game in which the young man who strikes out for him self receives
no praise for it.
BIGAMY.-A fc rm of insanity in which a m an insists on paying three board bills
instead of two.
BmTHDAY.- Anniversary of one's birth. Observed only by men and children.
BoRROw-(Trans. verb) .- To swap hot air for cold cash.
CAVALRY. - That arm of the military service that engages in the real hoss-tilities.
CHAMPA GNE.- The stuff that ma kes the world go round.
CINDER.- One of the first things to catch your eye in traveling.
CoLLEGE.- From French colle, pasted or stuck , and etude, study . A place where.
everyone is stuck on study ( ?) .
Cnr.DIT. -Something for nothing.
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�CrrEDITOrr.- Somet hing with nothing.
CuLTURE.- A degree of menta l development t hat produces tailor-made women ,
fantasticall y sheared poodle dogs, and dock-tailed horses.
DANCE.- A brisk, physical exercise, invented by St. Vitus.
DEAD. - Wi thou t life .
DEADER. - Pompei i.
D EA DEST. - Ann a polis.
Dm.-An effect.
DmT.- Frequently a cause.
DrPLOMAT.- An international liar, with an elastic conscience and a rubber neck.
Docrc - A place for laying up.
DocTorr. - One who lays you up.
DusT.- Mud wit h the juice squeezed ou t.
EARTH. - A solid substance , much desired by the seasick.
Eoo .- A wholesome, yet fowl , product of no use until broken.
EvoLUTION. - A clever trick performed by one Darwin, who made a monkey of
Bordley.
Exl';rrcrsE.-Bodi ly exercise requiring a $1000 gymnasium , a 10-acre lot, and impossible raiment. Originally confined to the waRh-tub and the wood-pi le.
FAILURF:.- The quickest way through exams.
FEINT.- A pugilist's bluff.
FAINT.-A woman 's blu ff.
FLu E.- An escape for " hot air.''
FLUENCY.- The art of releasing the same.
FLusn .-From Greek, " phlox,'' heat. A rush of color to the cheek, or hand,
caused by bodily-Dr poker-heat.
H AsH .- Ask "General" Grant.
H AY FEVER. -A heart trouble caused by fa lling in love · ith a grass widow.
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Hit. - A chance for first place, first base, or first blood.
l sLAND. - A place where the bottom of t he sea sticks up through t he water.
JAo.-From the Spanish word Zaga, meaning a load packed on the outside of a
van. In Ameri ca t he load is packed on the inside of a man.
JELLY-CAKr-:.-Synonym for a word that rhym es with it.
KEYHOLE .- A frequent test for sobriety.
Krss.- A good impression.
LEISURE.-From lazy, and sure, assured laziness.
LIBRARY.-From Fren ch libre, meaning free , and the proper name Andy. Something free from Andy Carnegie.
LoBSTEn.-Coulbourn.
L ovER.- 13urke.
MAGAZINE.-A receptacle for explosives, li terary or mechanical.
MARK.- ln Germany, 23 cents. In America, only Twain,
MEAL.-?? ?
M 1-:NAGEnm.- Pinkney H a ll.
MlllA CLE.- A wom an who won 't talk.
lVloNE Y.-Don 't know. "Tommy'' has it a ll.
N Eo no.- Associates of McCardell.
NonrLITY.-The Seniors ( ?) .
0ATS.-England 's horse feed , America's breakfast, and Scotland 's table d 'hall'.
OnEsr·ry.-Alder and Mi ller.
PASTRY.-A deadly weapon m ade by the chief cook.
PoSTSCIUPT. - The only thing reada ble in a woman's letter.
QuACK .- The noise m ade by " Ducky" in Math class.
RAPID TnA NSIT.-Annapolis Short Line.
lhiETOm c.-Language in a dress sui t .
SrrmT.-Every man 's bosom friend.
TwiNs.-Insult added to injury.
UNBOSOMED.- A shirt just returned from the laundry.
W HISKIW.- Trouble put up in liquid form.
YJo:All N.- Hearn.
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In c4nnapolis.
The moonl ight is t he softEs t in Ann apo lis;
Summer's days come oft 'est in Annapolis;
Friendship is t he longest,
Love's fires glow t he strongest,
Yet a \\Tong is a lway wrongest in Ann apolis.
The summ er 's ever brightest in Annapo lis;
The breezes whisper lightest in Anna polis;
Plain gir ls are th e fewest,
Ma iden 's eyes t he bluest,
And their little hearts the truest in Ann apolis.
L ife's burdens bear the lightest in Armapo lis;
The home fires burn t he brightest in Annapolis;
Players are t he keenest,
Cards turn out the m ea nes t,
The pocket empties clea nest in Ann a polis.
Orators a re the grandest in Annapolis ;
Officia ls a re t he bla nd est in Annapolis;
Jokes are a ll the driest,
Danger ever nighest,
Taxes a re the highest in Annapo lis.
�Hoodoos are the "hoodoost'' in Annapo lis;
Bluebloods are the fewest in Annapo lis;
Moonlight is the clearest,
Best to see your "dearest,' '
And then it acts the queerest in Annapolis.
The dove's notes are the saddest in Annapolis;
Streams dance on the gladdest in Annapolis;
Blockheads are the th ick€st,
Crimina ls t he slickest,
Trolley cars run quickest in Annapo lis.
Songbirds are the sweetest in Annapolis;
Thoroughbreds the fleetest in Annapolis;
The hillsides tower proudest,
Thunder peals the loudest,
The landscape is the grandest,
And politics the d- dest in Annapolis.
Facts.
At a recent election, held by the student body, the following "facts" were
determined:
Best bhcffer . . .. ....... ... .... . .. .. ......... . .. ...... . · . .. . · . ....... · . BELT
Best hot-air tank . ................ . . . ...................... . ... M cCARDELL
Best butter-in . ............... . . . . ...................... . . . . P. HARil.ISON
Best "all (a)round'' athlete . .. ........ . ..... . ... •. . ............. . . .. MILLER
Biggest feet . .. . ............. .. ... . . ..... . ... .. . . .. . . . . ....... . ... Q u iMBY
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B tggest N utsance . . ..... . ....... .. . . .. .. . . · . · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · Ruz
J\1! ost graceful dancer . ............. . ..... ... ..... .... . .. .. . . .. . .. ORRISON
J\1! os t deceitful . ..... . ... . ...... ... ..... ... . . ........ . .... .. ..... McKINLEY
B est preacher . ..... . ......... . . . .. ........... Tie between R ousJ<; and Dn.A PE R
Best figure . . ....... . ...... . . ...... ........................ . .. . . . DowELL
Blackest hair . .... .. ...... .. .......... . .. . . . . ... .. ... WELLS AND STEVENS
Biggest eater . . . .............. . ..... . .. . ... ... .. .. .. . . . ........ WILKIN SON
The handsomest . ... . ....... . .... .. . .... . ..... . ... . . .. . . . . .... .... STREET
The largest man ..... . ... . ... ... · · . .. · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · J. B. JONES
The bi ggest devil ........ . . . ............................. . ... .. MAGRUDER
J\1! ost industrious . .. ..... . ...... . ... ... .... . ......... .. .. . . .... . .. iVlELVIN
Best prevaricator . .. .. . . ............ . ..... .. .... . .................. STROH M
J\1! ost skillful gouger .. ... . ..... .. ... .. .. . . . All were candidates for this position
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Books as We Know Them.
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·'Younger Brothers."-Hance and Burton.
"To Have and to Hold. " -All Freshman property that you wish.
" The Wages of Sin. "-Guard duty and demerits.
" In His Steps.' '-Smith in t he steps of Belt.
"Facing Death.'' - Facing exams.
"Forbidden Fruit.' '-All fruit. (Forbidden by Grant.)
"Not Like Other Girls.' ' -H ance.
"Our Mutual Friend ,' ' -The "pony.''
"The Spy.'' -Officer of the Day.
" The Wandering Jew.' ' -H echt and Coulbourn .
"The Vultures.'' - Houston , H odgson , Stevens, Harrison J. , Anderson, Harrison P.
McCardell.
"In the Saddle.' '-While translating our Latin.
"Andersen 's Fairy Tales.'' - Most of Andy's yarns .
"Black Beauty.' '-Rose (so Biddy says.)
"The Deerslayer.'' (Ladykiller) -John H arrison.
" The Choir Invisible."-The one at St. J ohn 's.
"The Deserted Wife''-Bennett, after Draper ran away.
Wants.
A bib for Peters.
A box of straws for Sinclair.
A new class of Sophs , by t he Faculty.
A patent on Belt 's brace.
Another vocabulary, by Bennett.
More music and less noise from t he band.
A pack of cards, by Smith and Melvin.
A high chair for Ruhl.
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�Hood cos are the " hood oost'' in Annapo lis;
Bluebloods are the fewest in Annapolis;
Moonlight is the clearest,
Best to see your " dearest,' '
And then it acts the queerest in AnnapoJjs.
The dove's notes are the saddest in Annapolis;
Streams dance on the gladdest in Annapolis ;
Blockhead s are the thickest,
Criminals the slickest,
Trolley cars run quickest in Annapolis.
Songbirds a re the sweetest in Ann a polis;
Thoroughbreds the fleetest in Annapolis;
The hi llsides tower proudest ,
Thunder peals the loudest,
The landscape is the grandest,
And politics the d- dest in Annapo lis.
Facts.
At a recent election , held by the student body , the fo llowing "facts" were
determined:
Best bluffer . .. .. .. . .. . .. . .. . . .. . .... . . . . . . . . . . . .. .. . . · · · . . .. ...... · .. B E L'l'
Best hot-air tank . .. ..... . . . . ....... .. .... .. ... . .. . . . . .... . . . .. M c CARDELL
B est butter-in . .. ... ... . . .. .. . .. . . . .. .... .. .. ....... . . . . .. . . P. HARIUSON
B est "all (a)round" athlete. .. . ..
. .. ... ...... ,.. . ........ . . . . .... MrLLE il
B i ggest feet . ................ . . .. . ........ . . ... . ... . . .. .... .. . . . . . Q u iMBY
Bi ggest Nuisance .. . . . .. . .. ..... . ....... . ..... .. .... .. .. . ....... .. · · Ruz
Most graceful dancer . .. ....... . ..... . .. ... . . ... .. . .. . .... . ...... ORRISON
M os t deceitful . .. . .. ... .......... . .................. ... ... . . .... M c KIN LEY
B est preacher . .... . . . . .. . ... .. . . . . .... ....... Tie between Rousl'; and DllA PE R
B est figure. . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . .. . .. . .... .. ............ . .... ... .. .. DowJ~LL
Blackest hair .. .... . . . ... . . . ... . ... .. . .... .. . . .... . .. WELLR AND STEVENS
Biggest eater. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. .... . ... . . . ... . . . ...... WILKIN SON
The handsom est .. . . .. . .. . ............... .. .. . .. . .. .. . ... . .. . . . ... S TREET
The largest man. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I. B. JO NES
The biggest devil ......... . ... . . . .... . ......... . . . . . .... . . ... .. MA GRU DE R
Most industrious... . . .. . . . . . .. ... .. .. .. . ... .. ... .. .. . . . . . . .
MJo; L VI N
B est prevaricator . .. . .... . .... .. ..... ................... . . ......... STROHM
Most skillful gouger . . . . . .. . ... . . .. ........ All were candidates for this position
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Books as We Know Them.
·'Younger Brothers."-Hance and Burton.
"To Have and to H old. ' '-All Freshman property that you wish.
"The Wages of Sin."-Guard duty and demerits.
"In His Steps.' '-Smith in the steps of Belt.
"Facing Death.' ' -Facing exams.
"Forbidden Fruit.' '- All fruit . (Forbidden by Grant.)
"Not Like Other Girls.' '-Hance.
"Our Mutual Friend,' ' -The " pon y.''
"The Spy."-Officer of the Day.
"The Wandering Jew."-Hecht and Coulbourn .
"The Vultures.''-Houston , Hodgson , Stevens, Harrison J ., Anderson, Harriso n P .
McCardel l.
"In the Saddle.'' - While translating our Latin .
"Andersen's Fairy Tales.' '-Most of Andy 's yarns.
"Black Beauty.' ' -Rose (so Biddy says. )
"The Deerslayer." (Ladykiller)-John Harrison.
" The Choir Invisible."-The one at St . John's.
"The Deserted Wife." -Bennett, after Draper ran away .
Wants.
A . bib for Peters.
A box of straws for Sinclair.
A new class of Sophs, by the F aculty.
A patent on Belt's brace.
Another vocabulary, by Bennett.
lVIore music and less noise from the band.
A pack of cards, by Smith and Melvin.
A high chair for Ruhl.
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�A bath , by Draper.
Longer legs, by Joe Caulk.
A new laugh for Bob White.
More money -everybody.
Sti lts for John son .
A Hair-restorer , by Phi l. Harrison.
A substantial meter for Burke's hot-air pipe.
A step-ladder to see Sturdy 's face.
A new method of asking questions-8mittJ_.
A corps of "partikler'' cadets by H urricane Bi ll.
A decent walk- Nei l!.
A new set of nerves for Ducky.
A new fa ce and mirror-Belt.
A pair of straight legs for Bordley.
Shin guards for gi rls who dance with Clark.
A baby do ll-Burke.
A new voi ce for Wi lkinson.
P laces in Barnum's menagerie-Logan and Cra wford .
A smaller mouth for Strohm .
To be a girl- High.
A tongue to talk less fo r Carpenter.
Some shoe polish for Ruhl.
A seat for Rtryker in the Matrimonial Stock Exchange.
r:A Cf(eceipf for Lo'be.
Ta ke first a slice of twin kling stars,
And of moonlight quit e a bit,
A p iece of nook called Lover's R etreat,
A place for just two to sit .
A pressure on the dimpled hand,
T hat rests within your grasp,
:Mix with a whisper a nd a squeeze
A murmur a nd a gasp .
P our drops of attraction into the bowl
Of sweet romance and love,
A fo ll y fl avor a nd grating of joy,
::-fow add to the mixture above.
Twine a gentle arm
And a squeeze will
A little screm11, a nd
And a litt le show
' round th e slend er wa ist .
just be right,
anoth er sq ueeze,
of affri ght .
The oth er arm has found its way,
Around her waist, ere th is;
And on her sweet delicious lips
I s pla nted- well- a kiss.
This mixture stir to suit the t aste,
Wi th t he spoon of peacefu l bliss,
::-fo limi t ever has been set,
To the t imes t hat yo u m ay kiss .
This recipe ha s never fai led,
On a m oon light starry night;
Three are too m any, one too few,
nu t for t wo it will be just righ t..
A DREAM - OUR NEW GYMNASIUM
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�We Will Sa)> for the Benefit of Freshmen and
Nerw Men:
That Garver never acts as of-Ficer of the day.
That John H a rrison doesn't own St. J ohn's or any part of it .
That Mrs. Diggs isn ' t supposed to tell them when to change underwear.
That Prof. Daniels is not the janitor.
That Allen must be overlooked .
That t he Seniors are not heavenly beings.
That t he Sophomcres are not angels (find this out for yourselves).
That Bordley is no relation to "Vonny.''
That " Tommy' ' loves " m onon ev. ' '
That t he street cars only run a;.ound Church Circle.
That Magruder's hom e isn ' t in "Buzzard 's R oost. ''
That Belt eats not hing but "Sergean t's Food.''
Table Talk .
vVhen you are in Ro me , do as the Romans do.
When yo u eat in a College Club eat as t he Co llegians do.
Th e new students have lea rned t hat " a dish by any ot her name will tast.e
as sweet.' '
Balls of mud .... . . .... . .. . .. ... . . .... ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . ... Codfish balls
Staff of life . . . ... . .. . . . . . .
. .. . ... .. Bread
Walking Samson . . .. .... . ... . . . . .. . . ... . ....... . . . .. . ...... .. . ... . .Butter
Ambrosia . . .. ... . . . . .. . . . . . . .... . . . . ..... .. .. . . . .. . . .. . . . . . . . ... ... . Co ffee
Hen fruit .. .... ... . . .. . . ..... . . . . .. . .. . .... . ... . . . . .. .... . .. . . ..... . Eggs
Hair oil soup. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...... .. . . PuddinoN"ectar · · .. · · . . .
. . . . . . . . . . .......... .. . .. . . Milk (Chalkwater)
Growler, answers to a whi stle . .. ... . . . . .. . . . .. . .. . . . .. . . . . .. . ...... . Sausage
Nameless con coction . . .
. ... . . . . . . .... . ..... . . . . . ... ... . ... . . ... So up
Pressed cow .... . . . .... ..... . . . . ..... .. .. .. . .. ... . . . . . .. . . . .... Dried Beef
De com posed mule fl esh . .
. . . .... . . . . . . . . . ...... . . . . .. . ... . . .. R oast Beef
?· · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · ·
· · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · ·.. . ..... .. .. . ... . . H as h
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Ye Logik and Englisch.
There is a verray perfight, worthy man, lovynge trouth and honour with a ll
his herte, t hat teches us ful faire and fetysly t he weyes and mysteries of ye troublesome mal adyes. He is t he docto ur , and we the pac ients but it is poure phisik we
can receive. v a re a com panye mery and mirt heful , unwyse in t he rekenynges
Ve
of sy llogisms and such busynesse. We sc hulde , 0 Reder, thy pardoun first have
prayede for so intrud ying with our thoughts; but we good felawes (not to speke
conseyted ly) are worthy of a bettre fayte than to fa lle preye to the practise and
philoso phie of these burdouns.
A Cure for Love.
Ta ke twelve oun ces of dislike, one pound of resoluti on , two gra ins of common
sense, two ounces of experien ce, a la rge sprig of time, and t hree qua rts of the coo ling water of consideration. Set these ove r the gentle fire of love , sweeten with
t he sugar of forgetfuln ess, skim it with the spoon of melancholy, put it in t he
bottom of yo ur heart, cork it with the co rk of a clear conscience , let it remain , and
you will quickly find relief, and be resto red to yo ur senses again.
These things can be had at the apot hecary, or at the hom e of Understanding,
next door to R eason , on Prud ent street, in t he village of Contentment.
An bndless Chemical CJale.
Once upon a time Miss Ethel Bromic!, tired of her lonely place upon t he shelf ,
was wandering aimlessly around t he labo ratory. Meeting Mr. AI Cobol, she loses
he r base, by kissing him too often , and i$ precipitated into a test tube containing
H 2 S0 4 . Somewhat sobered she sees Silly Kate and Ben Zene making aqueous ,
csculatory exchanges through a cambri c filter. Going farther she perceives in a
gas stove , Est her Salt s, Laura Noll , Cal Sium , and Polly Saccha rides indulging in
hot a ir, which is in te rrupted by Ca l Seumkarbide in a queous solution. The last
named is t ried a nd convicted of arson , and sentenced to death by immersion in
cacody l. H e leaves a wife , Annie Lynn, three children , Flora Esken, Sallie Sinn,
and Nic k O'Teen, and a m ot her-in-law , Rose Annie Lynn . Miss Ethel being a
ha logen aristocrat and having the properties of Pandora , becomes ove r curious
of other people 's affairs. She surprises Miss Glissie Rol in t he act of embracing
t he warm assiduous Nitric-(Here the tale ends, t he Editors know not for what
reasn n.)
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�'Botany and 'Biology,
·• Full many a flower was born lo bluoh unseen,
F1dl many a b1tf1 was born to marn unclean.''
(With apologies to Gray.)
W e love the beans and p eas.
('Cause we wa nt to get a grease
·with t he Prof. ) .
W e love t he gold en grain,
That in dishes foul has la in.
Long enough.
\V e love t he old wh eat rust,
And the fertile pollen dust,
For you see,
It's our one a nd only them e,
Our sweet and brightes t dreamBotany.
Behold the slugs an d b ugs,
Th e squinting screwed-up mugs,
At the lens.
Th e algae blue a nd green,
(A soul inspiring scene),
Nature send s
T o him who hun ts the frogs,
In th e m a rshes a nd th e bogs,
Apology;
But we value n ot it 's use,
'Tis in deed a great abuse ,
Biology.
Ye Classic Lang'!ages.
0 Latin a nd Gree k , wi t h your numberl ess tales
Of t he wild raging wat~ rs, o f s weet p eacefu l dales,
Of t he deed s of Ach illes, and the ruin of Troy ,
0 1' cunnin g Ul ysses, wh ose long-hoped-for joy,
As fo rce d by the Fates o'er strange co untries to roam ,
D ist a n t seas, hostile isles, was to reach his cl ea r home ,
Of Apo llo, Dia na , Minerva a nd J ove,
And the t hree sister fates who th eir thread s in terwove
Of t he F a iries a venging the wTong of the just ,
Of th e Muses comm ittin g to m orta ls t heir tru st;
Th ough your m y ri a ds of form s, conjugations a nd sou nd s,
Deponents, conjunctions, declensions a nd noun s,
'Ni th m et ers a nd m easures and stroph es ga lore,
Al ca ic, H oratia n a nd Sa pphic of yore,
In con t inuous stream m y dazed mind oft confound ,
I see k you for t reasures with whi ch you abound.
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French. and German.
Je like Ia la ngue franca ise trcs mu ch ,
Ich kann ni ch t. say wie much p our Dutch;
L a one est belle unci d el.Jonnaire,
Die a u t re nea rly lifts Ihr ha ir.
Die d eutsche l::tn gue ist nich t to m e
So sehr bcaucoup as sic might be;
Mais it's die best d ie Dutch can do,
Unci mit ein shove elle will go through.
Die franca ise langue ist so polite
Die Frenchmen ni emals have to fight;
De fra pper un 2.75 s ur le semi-an
J e will do certainment die best ich kann.
Die Anglais ist am bcsten yet ,
De her, tout knowledge je will get;
Elle ist Ia Sprache de le world
Unborn, unci fl ags wie yet unfurled .
f.Math.ematics.
Hear the bell'Tis our knell,
In pell-mell, Mathematics.
Arcs and lines,
Poles and sines,
Of a ll kinds,Mathematics.
(]J •s and n
Ma ke us sh y,
F ear to tryMathematics.
·w eariness,
Stubbornness,
Contrarin essMath ematics.
Time togoNone say no ,
Be it soMathematics.
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�The cAnnapolis Girl.
Til e Anmtpolis girl is s11·cet and gmcious,
Oh , Gracious !
Wi t h go lden ha ir,
And a m atchless pair
Of deep blue eyes t hat fairly daze us;
\ Vit h form so fa ir a nd face so clear,
Oh, dear!
~~T ;th voice so cute,
A sil ve ry flute
So fu ll of tendern ess and chee r.
She is our typ e of love and good ness,
Oh , good ness !
A Venus mil d ,
No Ate wild,
·wh ose wo rds conta in no t ouch of rud eness.
Of grace and beauty she is sure,
Oh, Sure !
'Twas preordained
She should conta in
Such q ualit ies and v irt ues pure.
H er head is free from useless lore,
Oh, Lor ' !
Bu t fu ll to the brim
Of t hought. of him
Possessor of her co rclian co re.
H er voice has never fo un d a m aster,
Oh , Maste l'!
H er dimpled chin ,
And rosy skin ,
Nor yet her brow of ala baster.
H er love can e'er inspi re a nd bless me,
Oh , Bless m e !
A shining ray
To light t he way,
T hrough tasks that could n ot but oppress m e.
The Ann a polis gi rl is a n elf from H eaven .
Oh, H eaven!
A fa iry fa ir,
Free from a ll care,
A gracious angel to us given .
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�Locve.
It's a sort of palpi tation,
P ass ion ate reverberation
In the v ital h abitation
Of the heart.
E ffervescen t osculation ,
Inexpressible sensation ,
In continous ro1 ation,
Forms a part.
A respect in vitation
To a very choice collation,
Lovely rides of long duration,
In his cart.
Confidential conversa tion,
No attempting ostentation,
Never ceasing admiration ,
On his part.
Passionate r eciprocation,
Caramels without cessation ,
Formed in my imagination
Cupid's d art .
cAn E'benf of Our Old Soph Year.
'Twas a night in our Sophom'Ore year ,
The year of a ll years most dear,
That "Baldy'' concocted a scheme,
A Quixotic dream,
A dream of our
Old
So ph
Year.
Then quickly assembled the boys,
\Vith shouts and racket and noise,
To hear wha t ' ' Baldy' ' should say
On thnt mP.mombl e day
That day or our
Old
So ph
Year.
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"Let's get Tommy 's l1 ose," he said,
' ' And a pillow from each Fres hie's bed,
Throw feath ers, squirt water, and run,
And have some fun ,
Som e fun in our
Old
Sop h
Y ear.
No sooner said than 'twas done,
The hose and pillows were fun,
\Ve scattered feathers wide
And this is the pride
The pride of our
Old
So ph
Year.
\Vhen up on this ruinous scene ,
Came Tommy with t errible mien,
"By the great and good owl t here's m e hose
'Tis th e Sophs,'' then our woes ,
Th e woes of our
Old
So ph
Year.
On a d ay soon after th e rampage
The Faculty made us pay d amage;
"Thou shalt com e and pay up , me son ."
So goodbye to "me mon ' '
Goodbye to my
Last
Two
V's.
Alas for the tria ls of the seven,
·who with their threa ts menaced heaven,
But when the tim e came to pay,
All they could say
Was "Goodbye to my
Last
Two
V's.
"Ikey' ' especially took it hard
I ' ve an ali bi, me pard;
I'm ruined ! I'm ruined ! Gee Whi z !
I wasn't in t he biz, "
F arewell to my
Two
Little
V's.
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�Who cares for those t roubles now,
·when we r aised now and then such a row!
We had our two V 's to pay,
l3ut 0, such a day !
That clay of our
Old
So ph
Year.
Applied Quotations.
PERKINS-" The eart h did surely shake when he was born -"
ROUSE-" All studies here he solemnly defies.''
ST URDY-" So witty, wicked , and so thin.''
BURKE-" As self-con ceited as it will do for one t o be and not cra ck open .' '
HEARN-" The tartness of hi s face would sour ripe gra pes."
RUZ-" And he was wondrous ri ch in promises.''
TERRY- ' 'A fool thou art and ever shall rem ain.''
PEZET-" Yet he is not altogether an ass .''
BELT- " A sport royal, I warrant you. ''
CAULK, J. -" His li ttle body is weary of t hi s great world. "
H ANCE-" A still small voice.''
STROHlVI-" Who thinks too little and talks too mu ch. "
PROF. C.-"Here 's a gentleman and a fri end of ours .''
?II ORRIS-" Not all t he pumice of the polished town ,
Can smooth t he roughn ess of t he barn yard down .''
LLOYD -" His heart was mirthfu l t o exce~s ,
'
But all hi s mirth was wickedness.''
DRAPER-" As sober as a judge. ' '
BORDLEY -"A mighty hunter , ami his prey was womr.n .' '
H RRISON, J. -" A pretty lad , bu t bursting with con ceit.' '
)1ELVIN-" l 'm li ttle; but, oh m y !"
COULBO"CRN -"Conspic uous by his absen ce."
If som e ink yo u want to borrow,
You will soon get left in sorrow,
For each one will swea r he hasn 't got a l.Jit;
And a lthough yo u know th ey're lying
You must not persist in trying,
For som e shoes or books your brazen cheek may hit.
Ner ve and cheek is never wanting,
Such as Kane is ever fl a unting,
And t he Harrisons are very proud to show;
'Tis the natural effervescence
Of a known lack of good sense
And resembles much the rooster 's silly crow.
Never l.Juy what you can borrow,
Don 't return it t ill the morrow,
And you know th e put-off morrows never come;
Even though you gEt a "cussing,''
Still you learn to stand t he fu ssing,
Even t hough your bed is always on t he l.Jum.
The Borrower.
If yo u want to t orrow t rouble,
You m ay light upcn it dc uble
Any t im e yo u chance t o wan der 'round the H all.
You may thin !' ycu are proficient,
l3ut yo u '11 ::a y it is s1 ffi cit nt
When yo ur eyes are huiscd and bla ckEned in the brmd .
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�Stray Shots.
Stray Shots.
NicKNAME
BoRDLEY ...... . . . ...
SMITI·I, A. R ... ... . . .
ALLEN ... ... . .... . . .
SINCLAIR .......... . .
HoovER ...... .. .... .
H ARRISON, J . . . . .. .. .
CouLnouRN ......... .
Dow r;LL ...... . ... . . .
H EARN . . ......... .. .
B EL'r. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
McCARDELL ...... . .. .
MILLER . . . . . . . .. .. ..
B uRKE . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
GRANT,\¥. H ..... . ..
BENNETT. . . . . . . . . . . .
McKINLEY ... . . . . ...
QUIMBY . . . . . . . . . . . . .
HECHT . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
KANE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
STEVENS . . . . . . . . . . . .
ALDER . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
KEENE . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
HANCF; ..... . . .. .....
MoRRis ... ... . . . .....
R ur-rL . .. ............
McBRIDE . . ..... . . . . .
R uz . ....... . . ... . . .
Lu sBY . .. .... ... . .. .
ANDERSON ... . ..... . .
STROHM . ... . . . .. .. . .
WILKINSON .... ... .. .
RILEY. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
CLARK . .. . . . .... . .. .
CATHCART . . .... . . . . .
Vonny . .. . . ... . . . . .. . African Dwarf
Suitcase ...... . . . . ... . Chinaman
Lindy . . ...... . . . .... . Barnum 's Cir cus . ... . . . ... . . .
Scrunt ... . . ...... . .. . Pigmy . ... . ...... . . . . .. ..... .
F oo l..
. . . .. .. . . Wilds of Cecil County .... . .. . .
J a ke . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . H asn ' t an y . . . . . . ..... . .
Que
F leatown ....... .. . . . . . . . . .. .
Crackers . . . . . . . .
E scaped from a Zoo . . . .. . . .. .
Mother ... . . . ..... . ... Afri ca .. . . .. ......... . ... . .. .
Grouchy .. .. . . ... . .... Not classifi ed by biologists . . . .
Sprogie. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ethiopian ...... .. ..... . .. . . . .
Potts . .... . . ..... . .. . Nowhere . . . . ... . . . .. . . . . . . . .
Lover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Puerto Ri co ... . ........ .... .
? ? ? . .. . .. .. .... . . .. .. .... .
Genera l . .. ...... . .. .
.. . . .. . ... .. .
Kisser ... . ... . . .... .. . Atlantic City
Curley . . ... . . . . . . . . .. . Afri ca ..... . .. . . . . . . . ... ... .
H orse . . . . . . . .. . ... . . Fiji Islands . . .. . ........ ... . .
Ikey ... . .... . . . . . .... . Israelite ... ...... . ... . . .. . .. .
Goat .. . .. . . . . . .. .. .... . ... . .
Love-m e . . ... .. . . .
Brick top . . . . .. . . .. . . Irish .. . . ..... . .... . . . . . . . . . .
F airy . .. . . . . ... . . .. . . J1erkshire .. .. .... . . .. .. . ... . .
K eeney ... . ........ . . . No one knows .. . .. . ...... . . .
Benjy ... .. . .. ... ... . Dwarf .... . ...... .. . . ... . . . . .
? ? ? .......... . .. .. Eastern Sho ' ...... .. ........ .
Father Time . . . . . .. . .. Giraffe . . .... .. . . ...... . .... .
Cousin Charlie .. . . . .. . Wi lds of Frederick Co .. . . .. .. .
Dago ......... ... . . . . Ape . . . .. . . .... .... .. . .. . ... .
Dock ... . . . . . . .... . . . Malay . . ..... . . .. .... . . . .. . . .
Booby .. .. . .... . ..... Ursiclre . .. . . . ... .. ... .. ... . . .
Dutch ............ . . . . Unknown ... . ... . .. .... . .. . . .
Four Eyes . .. ... .. .... Hottentot .... . ... .. . . .... . . .
Dun . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Donkey .. . ... . . .. .. . .. . .. . . .
Biddy . . . . . . . .. . ..... . Ellicott City's Menageri e . . .. .
Senator .. . ....... ... . Hasn 't any ..... .. . . ........ .
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F uTURE VocATION.
P ECULIARIT Y.
Vi ·it ing Madame Bonds
Shooting Cra p . ..... . .
Acting Clown ... . ....
After a grease . . . . . . . .
Lad y Ki ller . .. . .. . ...
D oing Society ...... . .
Trying to be funn y . ..
Human freak .... . ...
Doing everybody . ....
Singing Lazy Moon ...
Negro lover ... . . . . . ..
Using Straws . . . . .... .
Doing nothing .. . ... ..
Seeing Double . . . . ....
Using big words . .. .. .
Bluffi ng . .. . ....... .. .
Big feet ... . .. . .. . . ..
Skinnin g . . . . . ... .. .. .
Butting-in ... .. . ... . ..
Reading novels . ......
All around athlete . . ..
Stut-tut-tuter-ing ... . .
Acting girl ... . .... . ..
Cha wing cut plug .. . . .
Creating disturban ce . .
Skipping classes . .....
Bluffing t he profs . . . ..
R apid walking. . . . . . .
Loafing .... .. . . . .. . . .
Big mouth .. . ... . . . ..
Squeaky voice. . . . . . . .
Carel shark . . .... . . ..
Displaying his authcrity
T alking too much ..
Straight legs .. . . . ... .. Fox hunt ing.
List of new questions . . Shoveling snow from Snow Hill.
New face .. . .. . .... . . . Scene shifter.
Box of all day suckero Filling gasometers.
How to play baseba ll .. Mascot for B. B. team.
Society etiqu ette . . . .. . Sport.
Brains ................ Oyster shucker.
F lesh producer . ...... . Chimney sweep.
Smaller m outh .. ... ... Reading " Diamond Dicks."
Beautifying mirror ... . Capt. of Sah;ation Army.
A lesser suppl y of hot air T eaching in Tuskegee.
More quills . . . . . . . . . . . Pressing brick.
Kew expressions . ... .
Making love.
Better food . . . .
W aiter.
J ob as bell boy . .
Giving Turkish baths.
Curling iron . . . . . . . . . Negro preacher.
Hi gh chair .. . . ........ H od Carrier.
Money . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Clothing business.
Good loo ks ..... . ...... Supplying natural gas.
H air dyer .. ... . .. .. . .. Porter.
Fat reducer .... . .. . . . . Pri ze figh ter.
H air oil . ....... . . . ... Beyond imaginr.t ion.
Strength producer ..... Gymnasium instructor.
More tobacco . . ....... Following the plow.
Shoe polish .... .. . . .. . Steeple climber.
Any old thing ........ . Fanner.
Natura lizat ion papers .. Bootblack.
Longer nose .. ... .... . Street cleaner.
More to eat .. . .. . ... . Musici an (?).
New laugh. . . . . .
Bandmaster.
New voice . .
. . ..... Minstrel show .
R eform .... .. .... .. . . . Gambling.
A girl .
. ... ... ..... Beer bottler.
A new room mate ..... Coal miner.
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Of all t he grafters, yo ung and old ,
Our St. J ohn 's Clu ll the worst does l1old.
H e's fond of gra bbing all nearby,
And breaks down doors to steal a pic.
·w elsh rarellits often p lease his taste ,
And caramels, too, add to this waste.
The sugar by t he pound he steals
And several desserts at all his m eals.
P lates from t he tallle he free ly ta kes,
And trouble for some other m akes.
He has no scruple s, so it seEms,
But grab a nd swallow by som e means,
Fork s he carries to his reams;
Napkins, dishes , too, and spoons.
Kn ives he keeps at ether 's less,
Which usuall y makEs the Ge n 'l cross.
H is blouse unbuttoned and ope n wide,
H e seems to h ave no sort of pride;
To him discipline is unknown,
H e thinks the din ing-rccm h is own.
No matter wh o is t here to see,
He gralls and eats most glu ttonously .
His selfish " ·ays are ver y strange,
For cri ticism ma kes no change.
Some have said " he'd soo ner d i e ,
Than miss a cha n ce to st eal a pie."
Being appointed by t he Grand Tribunal of t he Great Amalgamated, In ternation al and Intercontinental Assoeiation fo r the Promotion of Menageries and
Zoos; and realizing that my task was a dangerous and arduous one , I to~k all t he
precautions known to t he profession , and accordin gly arm ed myself w1th t hree
Gatlin g gun s, an in exh ::~,u stibl e supply of ammunit ion, t wo apothecary shops (to
eure bites and stings), and a train-load of arm ed attendants.
The preparations completed, I at once took up my duties and m ade inspection
of t he prineipal zoos in t he Land of t he Risin g Sun , with t he exception of t he
oTeatest one ' located at Buzzard 's R oost, Anne Arundel County, as I wanted to
t:>
.
leave t his for my last.
Accordingly, I set out from the main office of t he Association , Hell Avenue ,
North Pole, on the fifth K alends of the month of Desperation, in the year nineteen
200
t housand and fifty, for t he far fam ed place, on the Cannon-Ball Express, via
Buzzard 's Roost, Qui ck Line R. R.
After an un eventful journey, broken onl y by an ocwsional stop, and curves
\vhi ch nearly dis lodged m e, I arrived at m y destination. On alightin g from the
tr ain , l asked of a porter where I could find a cab , he replied , " that around th e
corner t here was a Cath Cart whi ch would take m e to any part of t he city.'' [
asked the cabm an (Morris) to nam e his fare. H e repli ed "that he would take m e any
where for a big cha w of cut plug.'' As this was Yery reason able I jumped aboard ,
told him where I wanted to go, and was hastily conveyed to the Zoo grounds,
althou gh one of t he horses (Clark) seemed very much fatigued . On the trip I was
very pleasantly entertained by the cabm an who t old me he had com e from t he
swamps of an isolated county, but was now slowly becoming civili zed , and hi s on ly
fau lt was "chawing cut plug.''
On arriving at the ground s I went imm edi ately to the office of t he keeper who
in t rodu ced himself as Gar vius I. On stating my mi ssion he placed me under t he
charge of a very prepossessing old guide , who gave his nam e as Da rius II.
My guide at once con ducted m e to the principal building , l)inkneyite H a ll.
On enterin g I was at first startled by a grow l and a Si from one of the larger anim als
and in m y haste to escape 1 accid entally stumbled over a bon e (Bowen) and Fell
head long against the cage of the monkeys (Logan and Crawford) . Fortunately for
me t hey did not belong to the gori-ll a fami ly, and were harm less. After my guid e
had assured me that everythin g was all right, as the anim a l in question , a big,
buxom , brawny cinnamon bear was securely chain ed to prevent hi s givin g Battle
to visitors.
1. was first shown t hrough t he section of t he buildin g where t he m ore dangerous
anim als were confin ed; a beautiful(?) Mexican \Yild cnt, a fu ll gr01m hyena, capt ured
from t he land of Melson , a beauti ful specimen of t he sloth , kn own as Pokey, from
the expression on whose face I at onee concluded he was good to Love. A shor t
distance clown t he corrid or bro litt le pups were playing, wh ic h ans\rered to t he
names of Bob and Von .
They also boasted of a cute litt le lamb (Phil Harrison),
which the Shearer was already at work upon .
On t he next floor was kept t he aviary specimens. In one cage a Turkey and
Duck(y) were confi ned , and near by a beautiful peacock (Sm it h) and t he graceful
Swann were feeding on Rice and Ri(ley).
I was next shown in the sick ward where I found on ly two specimens a sickly
looking rabbit (Sturdy), which was bein g given a nouri shment of Shuger (t). .\bo
a large rhinocerous (Quimby), which was feed ing on Parsley. This anim al was
very large around t he Belt , and if given half a chan ce would make good hi s escape.
One of t he most prized animals of the collection was a D warf C
Hance) . This
little fe llow was captured from t he wi lds of Calvert Coun ty, during one of t he
;nterior excursions of Stanley . As I was walkin g along, watchin g t he anti cs of t hi s
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�li ttle man, I tripped over a Stone, fell into t he Mudd , but with the aid of a Kane
was able to (G)wynn my way out.
For fear of boring t he reader with techni calities, I will not give a detailecl
descript ion of t he ot her an imals, simply mentioning t hem, such as elephants, a lligators, unicorns, etc.
As it was now time to close the Zoo to visitors, I had to take my leave of all
its pleasant surroundin gs, and so I bade farewell to th e St. John's Menagerie taking wit h me a report which wi ll place them high in the ranks of the Associ ~tion.
The First Book of Chronicles.
Now it came to pass in about the Eeventeenth year of the reign of Tommy,
that there came into t he land of the Johnnyites a band of wondrous yout hs fair of
countenance but green ::cs the grass which grmveth in the pastures. From the four
points of the wind did this band of yout hs assemble. And it came to pass t hat
about t his time "Biddy'' the Terrible ruled over t he G.O .H . and he immediatelv
called together t he wise men , the scribes and Pharisees, and said unto them , L~!
a band of mighty warriors have encamped in our territory. And they cried out
with a loud voice, saying Let us make war upon them . Then "Biddy'' sent a
messenger into their camp and commanded t hem, saying Thou shall report in
room 35 at t he setting of t he sun. And they were seized with a great fear ; and
t heir lmees did tremble , and smote one against the other , and t here was mu ch
sorrow (and cussing) in the camp.
And it came to pass after this that their beds would upset them in the dead
of night, neither were they allowed to loo k to t he right or the left, nor to speak without saying Sir, nor do any of those things which it had been t heir custom to do in
the land of their Fathers.
Ariel it came to pass t hat about this t ime t hey chose Solomon the vVise as
their King , and they waxed strong and did do battle mightily with the Francais
and t he Algebra and before the first feast of the H oldover many there vvere who
fell and perished by t he wayside , and t he rest of the tand did mourn ]ono·
b
and covered themselves with ~ac k c l oth and ashes, fo r their comrades.
Many of those that survived did become great hunters, equa l even unto t he
" 13ond"-hunters; and many there were who would not worship the God, Twoseventy-five, and when t he Faculty Ea w these things they became exceeding
wrot h, and they did reek their ve n gean ~e u pon them . And some there were who did
sit at the feet of the doctors and learned men of the land, and did drink in the
stores of wisdom.
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About this time came t he great day of Separation , and t hey departed un to
the lands of their Fathers, t here to live in ease and plenty, tending t heir Fathers'
sh eep and making merry with the fair damsels.
vVith th e shortening of the days came they again into the land of the Collegians
and immediately did they set about and prepare to do unto others even as had
been clone unto them , and they girded on the sword of Might , and armed t hemselves with the weapons of the "G.O.H.'' and went forth valiantly to war , and
great was the sorrow they caused in the camp of the enemy.
Now t hey soon found camped around about them many new and dangerous
enemies, chief among these was Trig, bu t they did wage war with him and slew
him notwithstanding his great strengt h. But some there were whon< h e did take
captive and deliver into the hands of his chief priest " Ducky,'' and hard was
t heir lot.
Now it came t ') pass t hat in this year" Cue'' the Simple was chosen King , and
they began to m ake sport with the youths whom they held captive, and did make
t hem row even unto the "Chapel Steps," and their fame went abroad throughout
all the land. About this time it happened that Tommy, King of t he J ohnnyit es,
sent a messenger into their camp saying, Behold , thou art in my debt to the extent
of many shekels, an d now wilt t hou pay what thou owest me, and t hey grew so re
afraid . And seven there were who agreed to pay t he shekels and the wrath of the
King departed from him.
And behold the band did begin to look on the m aidens of t he land and t hey
were fair to loo k upon , and t hey dan ced vvith them and made merry wit h t he
cymbals, the lyre an d the beer-glass, and behold it was well with them .
And some t here were among t he band who became proficient in t he gentle art
of rushing the-pigskin-tossing the-high ball-and many other gentle ways of
the artificer , and great was t he fame of these.
And they said one unto the other let us make merry while we li ve for tom orrow we may-go before the Faculty-and they did even as it was spoken
by the prophet. And when the learn ed men of the land did see their wisdom they
did wonder mu ch and were amazed, and said, vVhat manner of youths are these
that t hey have grown so exceeding wise.
And n ow was the time nigh unto t he
second Separ ation, and they departed out of the land, and great was the rejoicing
thereat.
And it came to pass that short ly after this t he king of the lan d did call the
band together again , and the band came together, ancllo ! five more of their number
were missing , and the memory of them was gone forever. And behold ye Scribes
and Pharisees how they did walk with a lofty and dignified manner even as doth
become " Juniors,'' and the memory of their "stunts'' of the past was departed
from them. And they did strive one with the other with t he "quill'' to see who
should be greatest amongst them.
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�And behold! t hey soon found t hat two new and strong enemies were encam ped in t heir territor y, t he Philistines, Physics and Ana lyt ics, and t hese enemies
did enter t h e territor y and despoi l the fair p leasures t h ereof. And they did wage
war mightily ·with them and before the first feast of the H oldover they did yield
up t he ghost and great was t he rej oicing because of it . And t hey cried unto the
Philistine Calculus \Yith a loud voice, saying come clown from thy lofty perch , and
lo ! he did descend h eavily upon t he backs of some of th em, and at this writing they
were still waging \Y ar with him but m any were des pairing of t he struggle.
And behold the strengt h and glory of t he band did wax mightier and stronger
until their glory \Yent abroad throughout all the land, yea even unto the ends of
it and did surmount the h orizon like un to :1 great star , and t heir breath was felt
by all peoples, and m an y sang t heir praises. Thus has it been with t hem in t he
past, and t hus sayeth the Prophet sh all it be with t hem in the future.
Here endet h the first epist le of J ohn unto the Class of 1907.
It Is Rumored:
That
That
That
That
That
That
That
That
Th at
Th at
That
That
That
That
That
Tha t
~VIaj or
Thompson expects to a ttend Ch a pel next year.
Shearer has join ed t he Salvation Army.
Grant wrapped his legs around a barrel.
Pokey takes dancing lessons.
H ance and Burton are twins.
Bob White \vi ll attend his Latin classes more regula rl y in the future.
Ned Duval expects to graduate in 1910.
Belt h as stopped saluting policemen.
the Sophs have abolished h azing .
Turkey uses a pedometer .
Gosnell and Riley h ave passed first prep Latin.
Otis Draper h as stopped prevaricating and drinking beer .
Ru z and Melvin are th inking abou t going t o church.
it was Belt's deal when t he light went out .
Kane is thinking abou t stopping his butting-1n.
Riley got out one issue of the Collegian this year.
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P arody, on " E'beryhody Works But Father."
Everybody loafs in St. J ohn 's,
We sit aro und all day.
Feet pe rched u p by the fire ,
Smoking our pi pes of clay.
But just before examin ations
\V e begin to crru11,
Everybody loafs in St. J oh n 's,
And we don't give a
Everybody loafs but P okey,
H e works ha rd all day,
Trying to t each the bull-frogs,
H yd'ra eggs to la y.
Turkey t a kes it easy,
And so does Ducky W ad dell.
Everybod y loafs in St. J ohn's
But Poke an d HurricancBill.
Th e U. S. N. A. offi cers,
I'T 've orders to salute,
e
In a quick and soldierly m a nner,
Hurricane Bill says do it.
The 0 . D. a lso rates one
And one to the Profs. is dealt ,
But nobody salutes policem en ,
But Norman Belt.
Of comrades we have many,
For instance Belt and Burke,
Also Garver and D aYis ,
vVho together a lways work.
Then t here 's Bordley a nd Vonny,
Carter and C. E. Chance.
Nobody looks like Burton
But Benjie H a nce.
Major Clark gets a brace on,
And so does Moth er ' 'Yearn' '
Morris, he don 't brace up,
'Cause he don't care a durn .
Hurricane Bill says "par t ikler ''
About this s 'lntin' game ,
And Tommy wear your gum shoes,
Or you won't be the same.
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�.. 1905 Shirt Tail Parade Orders/?
Some Definitions.
LO GlC- An illogical, nonsensical, amalgamated conglomeration of mult ifarious terms , devised by a lunatic.
COMMAND FOR EVERYBODY TO GO WHERE THEY PLEASELine of squads on base squad , rear squads right front into lin e.
EYES RIGHT- Comm and to stretch your neck
SEATS- Signal fo r everybody to grab all t he fo od in sigh t .
STUDY PERIOD-A per:od set apart t o raise h- , and have a genera l good
tim e.
EXAMINATIONS- The Jud gn~ ent day, wh en your head sh all give up knowledge whi ch it does not contain.
"RAT-TAT" -The durn 'clst thin g we ever saw, and a cadet 's on ly chan ce to
get even with the F aculty.
I NTROD UCTION-A favorite way for Professors to kill tim e when they have
speeches to m ake and not hing to say.
ANALYTICS- An indefin able something, con cocted by Ducky to cause all
Juni ors to flunk.
REST-8ign al for captains and lieutenants to argue tactics.
BIOLOGY - Designed especiall y t o torture bugs and bullfrogs and keep Prof.
Daniels in a job.
DRILL PERIOD -A tim e when th e Seniors h ave a right to show .t heir
authority.
BAND -A few boys with tin horn:S, dish-pans,etc ., masqueradingas mw:icians .
SKIP-A word often used by those who are indisposed to attend classes.
LABORATORY -The firework department.
MESS-HALL-An experimental station to find out on how little a m an can live.
SOPHOMORES-A number of insignificant parasites, who worry the F aculty
and thrive at the expense of t he Freshm en. Found principally in the region of
Pinkney Hall.
ELOCUTION.-One hour set apart in each week to have all t he fun you can .
O.D. - A high mucky-muck who struts around wearing a red sa~h and a tin
butcher's knife. T akes a great delight in aiding his authority.
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R earquarters, St. J ohn 's Co ll ege,
Shirt T ail Brigade, lVIay 1st .
Attention to Orders.
1- That }[a jor Thompson be orde red to substit ute t he \Yord "careful ' ' for the
word "part icular.''
2-That private J. H arrison be put in an ice chest to keep his head at the
normal size.
3-That private Coulbourn be notified to stop carrying quills.
4- That Lieut . McCardell be given 10 demerits for flirting with Mrs . Diggs.
5-That private Fell be not ified t hat H echt lost $10.00.
6- That private I. B . J ones be put on probation for calling the 0 . D. a gent leman.
7- Th at privates :YicKinley and Hutson be suspended for di sturbing t he peace
by t rying to imitate "Sousa.''
8- Th at Sergeant McBride be repor ted for disrespect to Garver.
9- That private Chance be given a chan ce.
10- Thallover Burke be given one box of anti-love tablets.
11 - That Corporal vVhite be redu ced in ranks for skipping Greek Nov. 27th .
12- That privates H an ce and B urton be taken as an example of brotherly love.
13, -That Corporal Magruder be given charge of " Buzzard 's Roost" Brigade.
14- Th at Corporal Townsend be redu ced in r an ks for purloining private H echt's
H ebrew prayerbook.
15- That Sergeant Major Rippere be presented with a "Guide to house-keeping.' '
16- That private Dowell be ordered to stop wearing a football sweater under hi s
blouse.
17 - Th at (private) ·w ad dell be promoted to Corporal for explainin g analytics
to t he Juniors once during t he year.
18- Th at Captain von Schwerdtner be ordered not to throw any m ore students
out of class.
Hl - Th at private Street be given an a.veune of escape.
20- Th at private Childs be warn ed not to act so much like a "kid .''
21 - That Sergean t Draper be given 20 demerits for telling t he t ruth.
22-- Th at a detect ive be detai led t o discover \V
here private 13ordl ey spends his
evenings.
23- Th at private Magruder be awarded a gold m edal for repelling the attack of
the " Buz11arcl's Roost'' Brigade.
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�dl.n dl.wfu[ T ime.
On Juni or fl oo r a Buzza rd fl ew,
Met up wi th one-"Sarcastic Cue."
Said "Cue'' the sm a rt "Kow loo k a nd learn ,''
l\o tramps allowed, especially "Yea rn!"
So " Yearn" got off, brayed like a mu le,
And t hrash cl both "Cue" a nd Junior R uhl,
This scufH e loud, awoke both Hoors,
And boys rushed up in shirt a nd - The hum bled Ruh l boxed Keen y's cars,
Then ' ' Sprogie' ' raged a nd whipped '' Bash ears.''
T his Housed up J\an e qu ite overmu ch,
And he piled in to poor old " Hutch. "
Excited now at t heir poor showing,
In to the fra y jumped Reuben Bowen,
R ev. Thompso n preached a nd prai. ed t he work
1\' hi le crazy stun ts were clone by Burke.
McBride a nd Cutler, Lloyd a nd Tielt,
Fought t ill they tho ught for sure they'd melt .
" Apologize" said " Yearn" to R uz,
But stubborn "Steve" said " \Ve refuse."
Then " H ot tie'' Wilmer p itch ed in , too,
And Gosnell t ried what he could do.
Mcl\inlev th rew him clown t he steps,
They b;cl no tim e to fool with " Preps.''
In sleep was Tilghm a n fast and sound,
And Ben nett stayed to write it clown .
"Come out,'' said "Glu t'' a nd "open your eyes''
" vVhen this thing 's over , I 'll treat to pies,"
Just t hen a crash, 'twas "Bill '' a nd Gwynn
Had stum bled over Fooks a nd "Synn ,"
I t hotter grew t ill Asher Sm itty,'
Fell o'er the feet of "Major Biddy."
''Bob'' BorciLy then with pompo us a ir,
Pres un1ecl to pull t he " Bow wow's'' hair,
Then I\clly bark ed a nd scratched h is head
And Morris shoved t he '' Dog" to bed.
By t his t ime th ings looked qui te embarrass in ',
And blushes came to " J akey'' H a rriso n.
The boys, yo u kn ow, we re clothed so sparsely,
They frightened off poor '' Aunty'' Parsley.
The " T cger, " too, had mashed in noses,
Ti ll faces were as black as "Rose's",
.And " ·orse t ha n ever grew their pants,
IVhen to t he rescue came ''Benj y'' H ance.
\~T h ile civil war th us raged above,
And all the boys were in the shove,
Lee Isaac H ech t wa> clown below,
Selli ng cut-rate t:ckets to t he shows.
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Junior Statistics.
After careful and exhaustive research, t he follow ing facts a nd figures have
been prepared , whi ch portrars at a glance t he class sta,tistics.
AGE.
Average age: 19.745 or more'correctly 10 years 8 months 27 days 17 hours
55 minutes 5n seconds. (Standard time.)
vVEI GHT .
Average weight: 146 pounds 14 ~ ounces. H ance, Ruh l and Co llinson were
too li ght to ma ke an im pre sion on t he scales, but their weigh t was guessed at.
H EAD.
Average sir-e: 6. 97843. After carefu l calculations it was found that Ca ulbourn's, Belt's and Harrison's had increased two-t hirds of a size after promotions.
SHOES .
Average sir-e : 0. 25. Terry, E ane and Cathcart we re not measured, because
it was t hought t hey \\·ou ld ma ke t he average too high.
COLOR OF HAIR.
Blonde, 10; B lac k, 14; "Cross," 6; "Sorrel," 1.
ALLOWANCE PER MONTH.
Average: $12 .349. The allowance of the farmers varies with t he price of
potatoes; that of the "Eastern Sho'' m en depends upon t he oyster crop.
RISING HOUR
Average: 2·· seconds before reveille. B:)l'clley never n ses.
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�College Yells.
We will do up J oh nny H op kins,
J ohnny H opki ns black a nd blue.
Th eir line is not hing but a paper one,
lVlndc for o ur backs to go through.
\• ' c 've ~ ot a team that's strong and steady,
\
A corker a nd a crac kerj ack,
0 rah , rah , rah, n1h , rah, rah , rah,
R ah, rah, rah , rah , nth, rah, nth,
St.. John 's the Ora nge a nd the Blac k.
Tu ne-" Sham e On You ."
H opk ins, H op kin s, s ham e on yo u;
\\' hat 's th e matter wit h the J3lack and B lue ?
Y ou do you r best but wha t's th3 us J,
Th e St. J ohn 's t eam will cook yo ur goose,
You ' II get wh at you're loo king fo r ,
You '11 be lucky if you ever score,
And " ·hen it's over we will r oar,
"Sham e en You ."
S-A-I-N-T .J-0 H -N- 'S
St. John's ! St. John 's! St . John's !
Hooray, Hooray ,
S . .J .! S. J .! S. J.!
St . .Tolm's ! St.. J ohn 's ! St. J ohn 's !
R icka-Racka !
B oma-L acka!
Sis Boom B ah!
St. J ohn's! St . J o hn 's!
R a h! Rah! Rah!
Little Ned! Lightn ing N ed!
H eady Ked Du vall
PRESIDENT ' S MANSION.
STUD Y PERIOD .
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SNO W BOUND.
INTERIOR O F ROOM.
B ig, Brawn y Captain Oaks,
Clark! Clark! Cla rk!
AFTER THE GAME.
..
�RAT-TAT SONG.
Rat-tat, bed slat, s is, boom , bah!
St. J ohn 's, St. J oh n's, rah , rah , rah!
Ccm e, boys, togethe r,
St. John 's forever ,
Whoop 'er up for th e ora nge and black ,
Th ey're the colors t hat we will back.
St. J ohn's, oh, St. .John's,
Three cheers for old St ..John's.
ORA:-.!GE AND BLACK YELL.
Orange and Black! O range a nd Black!
They' re th e co lors thR.t we will back!
f:l is ! Boom! Ba h!
St. .John's ! St. John 's !
Rah! H a h! Hah!
HOORAY YELL.
I-Tcoray ! H coray ! H oo ra y!
S. J! S. J! S. J!
St. J cl1n's ! St . J ohn's ! St. J ohn's!
S. J. YELL.
S. J .! S. J! Hi p ! Hip! Hay ! Ray!
S. J! S. J ! Hip! Hip! Rny! Ra y!
St. J ohn 's ! St. J ohn's ! St. J ohn's!
'I'unc-' 'Bright Eyes.''
H opk ins good -bye , H opk ins don 't cry,
\Va it t ill the gmr•e is o'er,
W e will knock you so high
That your rooters will sigh, '
So good-bye, old Hopkins, good -bye.
Ruz- " Thompscn, here 's a telegram fo r you ."
THOMPSON-" Th anks; I t hought it looked like my
Sister 's writin g."
L usnY (To Mc1'1akin)-" What are you making Mack?"
PROl•'. D. - " You should say what are you Mac makin ?"
BA IW im (To Harri son)-" You and yo ur Brother are
such young men I often wonder why you are so bald.''
HAruusoN-' 'If you ' II promi se not to say anything
about it I 'll tell you ." BAHBER-" Oh! I won' say a word."
H ARRISON (whi sperin g) - " Our hair fell out.''
BoRDLEY (outside t he gate) -" Does your dog bite?''
Miss-(onthe porch) - " Yes,he cl oes;and-oh , please don 'tcomein ! Weare
so particular about what we feed him.''
MAJOR TH OMPSON-" Caps are to be worn straight on t he head.
you mean by 'vearin g yours croo ked , Belt?"
BELT- "Ma jor , it's my head that's crooked ."
Wliat do
T un e-"Auld La ng Sync."
Should all our v ictories be reca lled,
Of now a nd long ago
You 'd surely find we a lways keep
A team that's far from slow.
W e play the game a nd win great fam e
vVh erever we may rorun, a nd then
R igh t back to old St. J oh n 's
\V c 'II take th ~ victo ry hom e.
Cho.- Come gather around th e orange and black
And lift you r vc ice in pra ise
Of Alma Mater , loved St. J ohn's
And clear old co llege Days.
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FATHEH-" My child can never be yours."
SuiTOR-" Naturally.''
Cour"BOUHN reported Borel ley for not rising at t he comm and-S E A T S l
H AUVEH, wan ts to kn ow t he difference between a " ·Welsh-Rarebit" and the
kind he shoots at home.
"Man wants but li ttle here below''- but Tommy wan ts t he rest.
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�ALDE it- "Now, Allen, never try t CJ deceive anyone-you wouldn ' t like to be
t " ·o-f aced, wou ld you ?' '
ALLEN - "No; t hi s one ifi had enough."
1\: AK I~ - " I 'm afra id m y rncm -m at.e '::; drinkin o· ifi berom in g H
erious.' '
HARRISON- ' '\Vh y RO?''
KA :'-<E- "O h! J had it brought holll e to m e last night.' '
This is an " age nf reform ,' ' said Dowell as he bought $2. 00 \\·orth of padding ·
BEK:\TET'l' (after examin at ions)-"The ''"heels in my head are t ired. ''
" .Mine nre not.''
BI·:NNJ
,:TT- " Yours must be rub ber-t ired, th en .''
"~I cBnmE-
I put m y arm around her waist,
I drew her closely to me;
And even as we had em braced ,
Ye Gods! a pin ran th rough me .
Pn oF. D-"You are a hard worker ,- how many guns have yo u cleaned t o-day?
HEARN-" K eep quiet , Professor; I a m fooling t he Ma jor. I 've been <:lean ing the sam e gun over and over a ll clay.''
BELT- " F ellows, I know a man who n am ed a roo. te r- l{obin Ron ."
MELYIN-" vVhy was t hat?''
J3ELT-" Because he "Crew-so.''
IvhLLEn - " Prof. , I t hink I wi ll start t o keep a diary.''
Pno 1. D - "Going into t he butter busin ess, are yo u ~' '
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l" OYE- ''\iV on 't yo u help a crippl e, and lend me fiv e dollars.''
THOMA S-" How are you crippl ed?' '
Lon;-" F inan cially , as usual. ''
A story is told of Lieut. V - , who wa, · endeavorin g to teach some young lad ies
the correct position of a soldier. " You must st and erect, allow t he weight of the
body to rest naturally and easily upon t he feet , hold your head erect, r hin in , allow
the arm s to hang naturally, keep the litll e f-inger of each hand on t he seam of
your - -.' ' H ere the Li eutenant had a fit of coughing, and t he dri ll was ended
I[Uite a l>ruptly.
Calendar
Sept.20- Back to Old St. J ohn 's .
11
21-General Grant obser ves 11·it h great pleasure('?) t hat most of t he ne\Y men
have large appetites.
11
22- The carpenter kept busy repairing doors in Pinkney .
" 23- I-Iom e-sickness s preading among Freshm en on the fourth fio or.
11
24- Glee Club! G. 0. H!!!
11
25- H ance meets Burton and mistakes him for his own gh ost.
11
26- Rouse skins somebod y by sellin g a book twice.
11
27 - " Biddy' ' Clark sho\\·s, 11·ith appropriate demonstrations, t he footba ll
candidates ho\\· to tackle t.he dumm y.
11
28- Upper classmen sell back nn ~~'c-ers of the Collegian to t he F reshmen .
11
29- Tomm y hum bly asked t he Sophs not to impose on t he poor little Fresh ies.
11
30- F urnished amusement for t he U. of Va.
Oct . 1- " How did Ned make the tou chdown?"
II
2- Belt t ries to teach Rouse t he rudiments of po ker.
II
3- Belt goes broke.
II
4- Hearn is 0. D.
II
5--8in clair, Clark and Gosnell made a relay in readin g all the reports.
II
6- " Bob'' vVhi te skips Greek!
II
7- Pie-Eaters Club organi zed.
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8- Bordley claims he is tall er than Vonn ie.
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9-l\IIcBride and t he So phs at vvar.
II
10- ''Peep" Briscoe \Yants to bet a pi e "lv it h a midshi pmanon tomorrow 's game.
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Oct. 11 - Kavy wins in a downpour of rain.
" 12--B progie tries t o get P ot s Miller out for fo ot ball.
" 13- Mi ller is in a h ighly excited co ncliLon (for fear of Sprogie).
" 14- F. & M. College has a practice game with us.
" 15- Dark clouds of war rolling over from t he direction of Buzzard 's Roost.
" 16- H ostilities break out.
" 17- Ethiopi ans charge the camp us but are vali ant ly repulsed.
" 18-Four Collegians appointed deputi es. Jiagruder hurt. \Vatching and
waiting.
" 19- Descend ants of H am afraid to at tack, and our fell ows glad of it.
" 20- Treaty of peace signed at t he enem y's headquarters, .Jackal Avenue,
Buz;mrd 's Roost.
" 21 - St . .John 's loses to V. lVL 1.11- 10
" 22-Everybody goes to church but Belt , Rouse, Melvin a.nd Lloyd , who have
other busin ess on hand.
" 23- 1\Ic..VIakin tries to b low up the laboratory.
" 2!- Reynolds receives a letter from Pigeon Hill.
" 25- SJ.;ips classes to answer it.
" 26- !Vliller 's p~my t hrows him in Latin Class.
" 27- Miller decid es to use an automobile.
" 28- St. J ohn 's beats Richmond College.
" 29- Nothing doin g.
" 30- Miller is hurled fr m his auto.
" 31 - H alloween. Sophs ring chapel bell , build bonf-ire, carry chairs out of
ch apel and raise h- in general.
Nov. 1- Belt doesn ' t report anyone at drill.
" 2- Quim by finds a pair of shoes large enough to wear (size 12).
3- Johnson comes to Elo cut ion.
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4- George W ashington University, 11 ; St. J ohn 's 9.
"
" 5-Stevens com plain s of his knee.
" 6- Anderson complains of his ankle.
" 7- Quimby com plains of his - -.
" 8- Biddy tells them it's no use to complain. M. A. C. must be played.
" 0-Ste vens and Quimby skin out of it but Andy isn't slick enough.
" 10- All ready for lVI. A. C.
" 11- W ere we ? ? ?
" 12- Disgust.
" 13-Wilkinson gets one na te below high C.
" 14- Cravvford is mist aken for Sturdy 's canine friend .
" 15- Sophomores run Bennie Hance out of Pinkney Hall.
" 16- Dowell washes his feet.
" 17- Belt salutes a policeman .
Nov. 18-Freslunen tell Belt of his mistake.
" H)- H e is reported for n at saluting a Naval Offi cer. Says he t hought he was
a policeman .
" 20-He resolves t0 salute no one.
" 21- Bidd y and R ose ha ve a falling out.
" 22- Wind puddin g far dinner.
" 23-Bennett find s his lang-last coll ar . Great rejoicing.
" 24- Tarbert m ade breakfast for mation.
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" 25-St. J ohn 's, 11; J ohn s H opkins, 5. H o01:ay !
26-Every body celebrates.
" 27-Turkey Cissel returns from Balt imore.
" 28-Every bod y recuperating.
" 29- Mi ll er is minus 50 lbs. of fat on account of football.
30-St. J ohn 's 6; P.M. C. 5.
Dec. 1-Coulbourn buys a box of m atches.
" 2-All Annapolis goes to Princeton to see Arm y-Na vy gam e.
" 3- Thanksgiving holid ay ends .
" 4- Tomm y F ell gave Ruhl ten cents to buy a box of shoe polish.
" 5- 1\iiller is moved to t he fifth fl oor.
" 6- Quirnby finds it in convenient to go outside of hi s room to t urn around.
" 7- Sophomores are reported for rough-housin g in Pinkney H a ll.
" 8- F aculty is summ oned to appear before the Sophomore Class.
" 9-Sophs decide t o shi p the F aculty.
" 10-Bordl ey comes in at 12 r . M. at ni ght , and gives an enter tainm ent for
the benefi t of a ll present.
11 ---8in clair awa rded his contract for qui lls.
" 12-liVatner refu ses to "fin" out.
" 13- P okey smiles in chapel.
" 14- Battle inform s us that the post office is on the corner of State Circ le.
" 15-St evens opened his Physics (accidentall y).
" 16 -~ed Duval skips a recitation (incomprehensib le) .
" 17-" All quiet along the Severn.' '
,, 18-Eggs (small chickens) for breakfast.
" 19- lVIorri s darned his soc ks to have hi s picture t aken.
" 20- The evacuation begins.
" 21 - Tommy swears vengeance on those who leave before t he holid ay begin s.
" 22-St. J ohn 's deserted.
J an. 8-College re-opens with everybody sorry t o part from the Chri stmas cake
and en joyments Rt hom e.
9-Each one tells of how many hearts he broke and how much cake he ate.
"
" 10- H echt gets a graft job at t he Legislature.
" 11 - H echt ma kes a speech.
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" 13-G cn eral 1n atriculates at the }Iaryland LaV\r Schoo l.
" 14- Linthi cum laughed.
" 15- Rippere's eyes a re fa ili ng .
" 16- Th e boys ad vise him to give up classes for a few days .
" 17-Bennett and H echt consul t a doctor.
" 18- Cathcart and ~I c Bricl e are a rrest ed .
" 19 -~I cC ard e ll talks a bout baseball.
" 20- Belt gets sick.
" 21 - l'>v·e rybo cly skips Sun cby-schoo l.
" 22-Sexton reported six tim es by Sergeant-to be Ma jor (?) Belt.
" 23-Bennett st ops che\\·ing in ranks.
" 24-Wi lkinson tries for the Glee Clu b.
" 25- Glee Club breaks up.
" 26- Everybody bonin g.
" 27-RAT-TA'l' boa rd t a kes a rest .
" 28- Nobody skips church but ''Yearn n
" 29-Exams begin. " Work for the Night is Comin g.''
" 30- The whole battalion caught in Ducky's room.
" 31-Fn lnkecl ~'lat h . C::mldn ' t get the papers.
Feb. 1--yicBride caught gouging.
" 2- Vonnie and Bordley discover their relationship.
" 3-Bordley passes French and German .
" 4- ???
" 5-Coulbourn comes in at 1 A. l\'I. and demonstrates the fact thatheis unable
t o walk a fl oo r crac k.
6-Cou I bourn has no reveille.
"
" 7- Burke invents a new phrase about some part of Bedelia's anatomy .
" 8-K eene disco vers that " General" Grant 's left leg curves t hrough an
are of 180°.
9-Allen succeeds in learnin g the bu g dan ce .
"
10-Sin clair gets b m extra desserts . H e and McCardell fight.
11 - Sinclar refuses t o tra in for track team.
"
" 12- Vonnie vs. Carbon Bisulphide. No German.
" 13-Baseball practice begins.
" 14- Miller gets an ex press package , pays expressage , and finds he has a package of quills, of whi ch he was in great need .
1.5- Bancl plays t o the cadence of 500 beats per second. Clark says " Take
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t he damned Band in.' ' Sprogie takes it in.
16-Dowell came near drowning-in a bathtub.
" 17 - Hell in Pinkney H a ll.
" 18-A rushing business don e in H arrell 's room.
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Feb. 19-Ducky tells a Freshman that what he says "ain't good Engli sh. "
" 20- Tommy takes precautions against fire. Advi ses H a lbert C. R . and Shugert
to keep away from inflammable m ateri a ls.
" 21-The striking resemblance of Love to a "possum' ' is noticed.
' · 22- The anriversary of Geo rge ViT
ashington 's bi rth cl2.y c.r: d of the last
time Orrison took a bath .
" 23- f:l ham battle between the companies: 55 killed , 2 (mbbits) wounded.
" 24- Hodgson m akes a mistake and t akes his pon y to clr.ss . Makes a 5.
" 25- Beard says t hat his father likes a litt le beard , but that he himself inclin es
toward a mustache.
.
" 26 - Burke dreamily, " Backward, turn backward , 0 t ime in thy flight ,
Give me some sen se again just for tonight.''
" 27 - :McKinley tried to iron the kinks out of hi s hair.
" 28 - Joe Caulk discovers that the length of hi s legs vari es inversely as the
length of his body.
" 29 - No one woke up .
Mar. 1- Gosnell, Hoover, Mackey and Belt disso lved partnership and declared
a profit of thirteen cents a piece.
" 2-8treet turns into an alley.
" 3- Kane metamorphosizes into a Stone .
" 4- Everybody takes a nap (in church).
" 5- Quail beginning to arrive .
" 6- A young partridge n1akes its appearance on the can1pus .
" 7- Professor Stryker contemplates n1atrjn1ony (precisely).
" 8-Belt tortures his face by tryjng to laugh.
" 9-Choir fizzled out in chapel. Billy Neill sang a solo.
" 10- I. B. Jones gets reported for being too "cute. ' '
" 11 - " Biddy' ' goes to church.
" 12- Kane has at last m et hi s equ al- the Fraternity goat.
" 13- Frank Caulk and " Tubby'' Shearer visit in Baltimore in cogni lo.
" 14- Professor D. runs out of toads.
" 15- Buys phrogs from Schuele.
" 16- H echt makes an impassion ed speech on the H am an Oyster Bill.
" 17 - St. Patrick 's Day . Steven s, ~if ci3ride ::mel Anderson wear t he Rh amro ck
(the color is appropriate to them se!Yes) .
" 18- Fooks find s out that his room-m ate over indulges him .. elf <
tnd pro ceeds
to confiscate his spiritua l (ous) stimulant s.
" HJ - Fooks stays in bed .
" 20- Branch (Gwynn) nne! his bYo clogs Ti ge (Anderson) and H obo (Mcl\:inl ey)
looking for stranglers.
" 21 - " Turkey" makes a c01wincing speech for th e upbuilding of th e fin e nrt
of poker playin g.
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�Mar. 22 - Many new candid ates out.
" 23-Keene adm ires a young lady of t he "Prince of P ilsen,'' who in turn
admires his brass .
" 24-" Pots'' 'Miller becomes in toxicated.
" 25-It is discovered that he d rank a keg of beer.
" 26- Valk analyzes one of Vonnie's sentences today, and find s it 20 % Dutch,
30% French , 15% Spanish , 30% Chinese, 2% Italian, and t he rest
a jargon of Russian dialects.
" 27-D ucky finds t hat t he cosine of Stryker 's nose is . 75 .
" 28- P lay Navy baseball.
" 29-Tied the Navy. Great rejoicin g.
" 30-" Hurricane Bill'' says t hat J a ke H arrison doesn ' t know "b'' from "bull 's
foo t' ' abo ut " tic-tacs.''
" 31- H earn 0. D. "Mother Yearn" doesn 't give a durn.
Apr. 1- Apri l fool.
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A Practical Joke.
It was a beautiful Jun e morning , and I was sitting at the window of my office
idly gazing at t he scene of beauty and grandeur spread before me; t he atmosphere
seemed permeated wit h t he invigorating freshness of t he morning , and fill ed with
an abundance of ozone wafted up from t he ocean and t he Chesa peake Bay. I
was thinking of the long vacation I was to spend at the beautiful Sout hern hom e
of my friend George Carroll , of H addon, North Carolina. We were bosom friends
while at Yale, and I had promised him t im e and time again t hat I would visit
him , but fifteen years had passed and I h ad never seen any of his fami ly.
I t hought of the pleasure that was in store for me , to get away from the arduous
class room work, and be free to roam among the flowers , to breathe their fragrance ,
and do nothing but fo llow t he dictates of my desires.
The telephone bell rang.
" I hope th at 's n othing to detain me!" I exclaim ed, as I placed the receiver to
my ear.
"Is that you I Mr. vV atson,'' inquired a feminine voice.
"Yes.''
"All right; I desire to see you and will be around immediately.' '
'\Vho can it be, I wondered as I hastily fini shed packing my few belongings. A
knock at the door and a pretty girl of about eighteen walked in. She wl'ts plainly
but neatly dressed, but every lin e on her fresh young face seemed t o indi cate that
that she was in great distress. Closing the door with a quick m ovement, and without waiting to ma ke herself known , she advanced and put her hand upon my
shoulder, and with an appealin g look exc laimed , "You will protect m e, v 'tyou ?"
von
"My clear child what in creation - - "
"You're t he famous Mr. vVatson, aren't yo u; the m an who always aids others
when in distress.''
" I am certainly Mr. W atson. "
" Then I am safe ," she sat down with a smile of contentment u pon herface.
"My dear child,'' I said sternly, " will you be kind enough to inform me to
what I owe t he pleasure of t his visit?''
" They t ld me to come to you.' '
" '\Vho?''
" The people at the station .''
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�" The police station?" I asked .
"Yes; it was the first offense , you know; they said you \rere kind hearted and
"·ould look after me, if I stuck to you .''
It was true that I had been using my influence to aid criminals, but I was not
prepared for thi s.
"What have you been doing ?'' I asked .
"Oh,nothing! only a bracelet this time.''
"People don't know me here," she continued, "I always practised in the
country , but really Mr. W atson I 'm tired of it, the life is too exciting; the doctors
say so, so I 've come to you.''
This case certainly was a peculiar one but my train left in about a half hour
and I could not investigate.
" What is your name?'' I asked.
"Carrie Smith.''
" 'iV ell, I \vill have your case investigated . Come and see me on my return.
If you should need my assistance in the meantime my address will be care of
George Carro ll, Haddon, North Carolin a. I will be there.''
"Going now?'' she interrogated.
" My train leaves in a few minutes."
"I'll go with you, then."
For the first time during the interview it dawned upon me that the girl was
demented.
"Miss Smith, what on earth do you mean; what would they think of me?''
" But what am I to do? Oh, it's nonsense! I shall come, and I will say that
I belong to you.''
I opened the door, "Now go or I shall be compell ed to use force in putting
you out.''
She smiled, bowed and \Yent, evid ently a most impudent girl, with no sense
of modesty about her.
I completed my preparations, hastily m ade my way to the st ation , engaged
my seat, and settled myself comfortably to peruse my paper, forgetting the incident of the morning.
Just as the train was starting I glanced up, and who should I see but that
impud ent girl coming to\Yard me.
" I nearly missed you," she said flippantly.
" I cannot talk to you here," I said severely, "you ar e a disgrace to your
- er -sex.''
" lt is all right; I've "·ired to Mr. Carroll."
" You've wired to lVIr. Carroll ," I repeated, springing to my feet.
"Yes; I didn't \mnt to surprise them, I said you would bring a friend with
you. It's all right, Mr. Watson."
"I don 't know who you are, or what you are, but these people are respectable,
and so am I, and--' '
"That is no reason why you should not sit clown and talk to me.''
"vVhat is the meaning of your insolent behavior?"
"Why not be friendly, Mr. 'iV atson. 'iV e 're off now, and I must continue."
"I shall give you in charge of the police at the next station.''
"ViT
hat for?''
On reflection, I found that she had committed no criminal offense, and with
a dignified air I resumed my paper.
"I don 't mind your smoking,'' she said, taking out a box of chocolates.
I was at my wits' end. This girl was either insane or unscrupulous, and could
very easily create a sensation at Haddon when I alighted from the train. What
was I to do?
"Shall we remain long at Mrs. Carroll's?" she asked.
"You will never get there, I assure yo u."
"Oh, yes, I shall," was her flippant answer.
"Indeed you won't. The police will see to that.''
"I don't care what the police d o; they told me to stick to you, and I am going
to stay as lon g as you do.''
I was getting angry but nothing would be gained by losing my temper.
Suddenly the thought struck me that I could bribe her, so takin g out a five dollar
bill, I said, "If yo u will get off at the next station I will give you this," holding
the bill ou t to her.
But she only laughed. "You can't bribe me, I'm going t o Mr. Carroll's, but
if you will give me ten dollars I will go in the next car and won't bother you any
more until we arrive at the station.''
At the station I asked, "What will Mrs. Carroll think when she sees you
wit h me?''
"Oh, she won't mind," she replied with a confident air; "she is used to girls
like me.' '
I was bested, and could see no way out of my trouble, as she seem determined
to destroy the pleasure of my vacation. The train slacked up at the next station
the one before Haddon.
"Give me the ten dollars and I will get off here in place of going in the next
car.'' With a sigh of relief and glad to be rid of her, I h anded her themoney,
adding that I never wished to see her face again.
The girl must have lied about the telegram, at least George made no reference
to it when I arrived. He presented his children to me. "That's my lot, except
Clara; she has been away to see some friends but we expect her home any moment.''
When we h ad eaten lunch Mr and Mrs. Carroll insisted that we stroll through
the little park in front of the house.
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�Presently the rumble of wheels attraeted m y attention, and the vehicle drew
up at the gate. " The bus,'' explained George, " it carri es passengers bet ween here
and t he first town on t he railroad. ''
I looked , and was horrified to see that girl alight and run toward us.
" ~he is a lun at ic !" I cried , " have her arrested; she is crazy ; I kno\Y nothing
about her. ''
""What 's th e matte r ?" asked George, not knO\Ying how to explain m y action.
" l assure you both t hat I know- - "
" Wh at's t he matter with the m an? " the girl as ked joining the group.
" That girl," I said. "that girl is crazy, illiterate and everything else."
" That girl ," repeated George , astonished; "wh y that girl is m y daughter
Clara.' '
" Your d ttughter !" I exclaim ed , nearly falling from the sho ck of t he di scovery ,
and embarrassed out of my wits by the strange posit ion into which I had been
suddenly placed .
The little lunatic as I t hought walked up to me " ·ith a smile and said , " I
knew Mr. ·w atson that you would he! p anyone you could , t he oth ers said you
wouldn 't, but I thought better of you. ''
She then and there h ad the boldness to tell her parents all about it .
" How clever of you , Clara ; you must forg ive her , J\Ir. w ·atson . Girls are so
playful,'' said "Nirs. Carroll.
Playfttl , but I never received the ten dollars.
Conclusion.
At last wi t h a sigh of reli ef the Ed itor leans back in his easy chair, his pipe fa lls
unnoticed from hi s mouth , the gray dawn in the E as t is st reaked wit h the red tints
of t he ri sing sun , but the Editor notires none of th ese t hin gs , hi s has been a long,
ti resom e a nd t hankless task. The tafi k is f-ini shed, a lthough not to our entire
Rn ti sfact ion.
Tim e and time again have we heard th e question , " vVh at kind of a RAT-TAT
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\Ve wish t o publi cly thank those who have stood by ~.:sand mttde th e publi cati on of thi s book possible. They are our friends, please do not forget t hem; particularly do we ask you to remem ber t hose who hnve ndvert ised wit h us, and give them
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\Vit h consid eration for form er RAT-TATs, high hopes for our own , and
anticipation for t hose to follow , we areTHI_,_; 1906 E JHTORIAL BOARD.
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Double Breasted Sui ts, $12 to $25
\ iValking Suits
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$15 up
Business Suits . . . . $10 to $25
Special Designs and Estimates
Furnished on Medals for Athletic Meets, Class Pins and
Rings, etc.
R. C. BLONDELL
Our Custon1 Department cannot be Excelled
ALL ST. JOHN 'S UNIFORMS MADE HERE
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3 2 6 W. Lexington Street,
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PERFUMERY
FANCY GOODS
Williamson & Watts
DRUG STORES
I carry a complete line of NEW YORK, LONDON and PARIS
HATS. that will please th e MOST FASTIDIOUS DRESSER
Baltimore and Eutaw Streets
BETTER LOOK 'EM OVER BEFORE BUYING ELSEWHERE
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Howard and Franklin Streets
Op en All Ni g ht
BALTIMORE. MD .
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MUNDER-THOMSEN COMPANY
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Baltimore
SCHOOL CATALOGUES
SCHOOL ANNUALS
PROGRAMS AND INVITATIONS
211-213 E. BALTIMORE STREET
We devote especial attention to designing and producing Catal ogues-of
exceptional merit-that attract attenti on.
ACKER, MERRALL & CONDIT CO.
JOEL GUTMAN & CO.
112 to 122 N. Eutaw Street
220-222 North Charles Street,
BALTIMORE, MD.
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Silks, Laces, Women's Suits and Coats, and Milli~
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Men; Shirts, Neckties, Collars, Bath Robes, etc.
Mail Orders Promptly Attended to
BALTIMORE, MD.
Havana, Key West and Domestic Cigars
Write for Free Catalogue
HONORS TO GRADUATES ARE FULLY EXPRESSED BY PRESENTING A
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GROCERIES
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173 Broadway, New York
MONTREAL
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College and Class-day In v itations, Stationery,
Programs, Banquet Menus, Class Pin s and
Buttons, Medals for Field Day. Vi siting Cards,
Crests and Coats of Arm s, Wedding and
Recepti on In vitat ions . . . . . . . . .
Phi lade! phia, Pa.
1024 Arch Street
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MADE BY
513 North Eutaw Street
Elliot, Ottenheimer & Elliot
BA LTIMORE , MD .
T E XT BOOKS,
Medi cal, Scient ific and Reli gious Books
''EVENING CAPITAL''
ALEX. STEVEBOLD
BALTIMORE, MD.
ESTABLISHED 22 YEARS
The Only Daily of Annapolis
POPULAR PRICES
306 W. Camden Street
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A SURE RETURN FOR ADVERTISERS
AN UP-TO-DATE JOB PLANT
WM. M. ABBOTT,
The Quick Lunch
WHOLESOME FOOD
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RAYMOND L. MOSS & CO.
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A N D DEALER IN CAKES, CRACKERS AND CANDIES
AGENT FOR GOLD MEDAL FLOUR
Opposite B . & 0. Depot
BALTIMORE , MD .
67 WEST STREET,
HIRSHBERG ART CO.
Successo r to
RYAN & WARD
Hirshberg-, Hollander & Co.
ANNAPOLIS, MD.
C. F ra nk W a r d
Ch as. T . R y "n
J.P. BOWERS
BROWNtS
SHAVING
Designers and M akers of
ART DEPARTMENT
MEN'S CLOTHES
Artists' Supplies and Draw ing Material
POOL~
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PARLOR,
135 Main Street,
ANNAPOLIS, MD.
J6 N . LIBERTY ST.
334 N. HOWARD STREET
Md .: Phone , Courtla n d 2579
BALTIMORE, MD.
l 08 East Street,
Under Brewers' E xchang e
BALTIMORE, MD.
Robert A. Wooldridge Co.
COisit the Retaif Department of
Charles DeWitt & Co.
High Class Fertilizers
Charles and German Streets
"MADE ON HONOR"
BALTIMORE
"SOLD ON MERIT "
T empora ry Offices
l2l W. Saratog-a St.
You can buy here Cu t Gla ss, Erie- a-brae,
Dinner S ets, W edding P resents, a t w ho[esa[e
prices, at a sa'Ding to you of one-quarter.
Baltimore, Md.
Good Agents Wanted
Hair Cutting, 15 Cents
Baths, Hot and Cold, 25 Cents
Razors Honed
ANNAPOLIS, MD.
Estab[ished 1892.
ISAAC HOHBERGER
Stephen Lane Folger
Manufacturer of
Tobaccos and
Fine Cigars ~
WATCHES,
DIAMONDS,
JEWELRY
Club and College Pins and Rings,
Gold and Silver Medals
180 BROADWAY,
FINE PIPES A SPECIALTY
CHURCH STREET,
ANNAPOLIS, MD.
[}I(EW YORK
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T. KENT GREEN, Ph.G.
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DRUGS, CHEMICALS
TOILET ARTICLES, ~ ~ PERFUMERY
Cigars, Tobacco, Etc.
E ast Stree t and State Circle,
Drugs
Annapolis, Md.
Cigars
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Formaldehyde Disinfecting a Sp e:ialty
ANNAPOLIS , MD.
I 70 CHURCH STREET,
Mail
Young's Hats , One-Ha lf Hats ,
Fow ne's G loves ,
Eclipse Shirts, Hos iery, Etc.
Trave ling Bags , Trunk s,
Suit Cases,
Cl othi ers, Hatters and Furni shers
READY-TO-WEAR AND
IV\ADE TO MEASURE
CLOTHING
O rd ers P rom p tly A tte nde d to .
138 Main Street,
P. K. PARLETT & SKIPPER
CoNTRACTORS AND BuiLDERs
Office, 46 Eas t Street,
A nnapolis, M d.
R EFE RENCES:
Leo n Gott lieb, Store a nd R es id ence.
R. G . C ha ney, Residence,
F. H. Sto c kett , Resid ence .
G randall , Store.
W ieg ard, Sto re and Res id ence.
Annapo lis High Sc ho o l.
F. ]. Sc hm idt, Store.
M ess Ha ll , St. J oh n' s Col lege.
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N o. 250
Spalding's Official Athletic Almanac for 1906,
Ed ited by JAMES E . SUL LI VA N
All Jn ~e r co ll eg i are and In te rsc h olastic Mee ts and Reco rd s; Amate ur A thl eti c
U ni o n R eco rd s; A. A. U . Se n ior and Juni or Ch am pio ns hi ps ; S wimmin g
and S ka tin g R eco rd s: A . A . U. B ox in g and Wres tlin g Ch ampi ons hip ;
all Sh ot Putt ing and W e igh t Throw ing R eco rd s ; Offi cia l R epo rt
of th e L ew is and Cl a rk Ce nte nn ia l A thl e ti c Gam es; p ic tures
of Leadin g A th letes, A me ri ca n a nd Fo re ign
Tobacco and Cigars
SPORTING GOODS A SPECIALTY
PALDING'S
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Books and Stationery
Annapolis, Md.
Se nd yo ur nam e a nd address to our neares t s tore fo r
Spa ld ing's Ca ta log ue of all Athl etic S ports- it 's free
A. G. SPALDING & BROS.
N ew Yo r k,
San Francisco,
C incinna ti,
Syracuse,
C h ica6o,
Boston,
P h ilade lph ia ,
Mo n trea l, Can .
S t . Louis ,
Minneapo li s ,
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Lo ndon, E n g.
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N ew Orleans,
Kansas City,
P itt s bur g,
�]. L. HARRINGTON
Walter Clark & Co.
OLD RELIABLE
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Row and Sail Boats
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Compromise St.,
Cor. Church and Green Sts.
Annapolis, Mel.
ANNAPOLIS, MD.
Telephone 127
Carpenters' Tools,
A gri c ultural lmpl ements,
Saddlery and H arness
Ca nned F ruits,
Vegetables
and Preserves
CITY DRUG STORE
FELDMEYER BROS., Props.
Jones & Franklin
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Groceries,
Hardware,
Woodenware
206 Church St.,
Cigars, Tobacco, Etc.
!62 CHURCH ST. l5 FRANCIS ST.
Annapolis, Md.
ANNAPOLIS, MD.
ROBERT T. CHANCE
GEO. W. JONES
DEALER IN
Books, Stationery
Watches, Jewelry
and Silverware ..
and Newspapers
College Seals and Pins
I 36 Church Street,
194 Main St., Annapolis, Md.
Annapolis, Md.
NUF SED!
Dr. Charles B. Hinkel
THE HUB
IN THIS BOOK
at Everybody's Store for
MARYLAN'D cAVENUE
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PHARMACIST,
'Drugs, Medicines and Chemicals
ANNAPOLIS, MD.
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cANNAPOLIS, eMD.
THEELECTRIC CITY ENGRAVING CO.
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JAMES R. PAINE
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A New and Modern Hotel
Suites with Private Baths
Special Attention Given to Private Dinner Parties
UMBRELLAS
HATTERS
CANES
Agents for Henr y Heath and Walter Barnard 's London Hats
324 West Baltimore Street
E. H. PATRICK, Manager
BALTIMORE, MD.
Larg-est and Best Skylig-ht in the City for Babies
Groups and All Instantaneous Work . . • . .
BUFFHAM & CO.
JEFFRES' fl\(EW STUDIO
FINE PHOTOGRAPHY
6 East Lafayette Avenue,
One Door from Charles
BALTIMORE, MD.
SPECIAL RATES TO ST. JOH N'S STUDENTS
ANNAPOLIS, MD.
Mary land Avenue,
C. & P. T elephon e, Mt. V ernon 1298- K
Hotel Maryland
Parlett & Parlett
FOR A FIRST-CLASS
THE STUDENTS' STORE
Eq uipp ed with Co mfo rtable Roo ms,
Pr ivate Baths, Stea m Heat, Telepho ne,
Newspaper and Book Stand . . .
DEA LE RS I N
Shave and Hair Cut
PHILIP MILLER
COAL, FEED
Special Rates t o Students, their Pare nts
a nd Re latives
GEORGE T. ME LVIN, Proprieto r
ANNAPOLIS, MD.
ANNAPO LIS, MD.
GEO. W. MOSS &CO.
CHANEYtS
STABLE
]. W . TRAUTWEI N, Propri etor
A Complete Line of lver-Johnson
BAGGAGE DELIVERED
Wag-ons and Carriag-es meet all Trains
Revolvers, Guns,
Rifles
BALLS AND FUNERALS
A SPECIALTY .$ .JC .JC
and Ammunition
Furniture Packed and Stored
130 and 13 2 City D ock
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ANNAPOLIS, MD.
SHOES
AND COMPLETE LINE OF
a nd GEN ERA L BuiLD ERS' SuPPLIES
Foot of Church Street
HIRING AND
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W. R. SHIELDS
46 Maryland Ave.,
Men~ s
Annapolis
THERE'S
Furnishings
30 Market Space,
SOMETHING
Annapolis
SAD
abo ut paying more for an article th an it's wo rth, wh en yo u can ge t A . ]. & Co. qua litythe Best- yo u can ge t nothin g b ette r, and w e don't charge for th e nam e.
A. J. & Co.'s JERSEYS, CAPS, HATS, & c.
are th e standard of q uali ty at many prom inent educati onal institutions.
You know th em, too. D o you not ?
ARTHUR JOHNSON
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16 EAST 42d STREET
ATHLETIC OUTFITTERS,
NEW YORK
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Successors to S. S. M. Basil
DEALERS IN
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COAL,WOOD AND ICE
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161 M ain Street,
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8 S tate House Circle,
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Title
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Yearbooks
Description
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This collection contains yearbooks from St. John's College in Annapolis, MD. Yearbooks are sometimes referred to as the "Rat Tat", "Cicerone", or "Canvas". This collection includes all published yearbooks since 1896. Please note that yearbooks were not published every year.<br /><br />Holdings: <br />1896 v. 1<br />1898 v. 2 - 1899 v. 3<br />1901 v. 4 – 1912 v. 15<br />1914 v. 17 – 1918 v. 21<br />1920 v. 22 – 1945/1946<br />1947 – 1951/1953<br />1957<br />1982<br />1986 – 1990/1991<br />1992 – 2001/2002<br />2015/2016 – 2017/2018<br />2021/2022 - 2022/2023<br /><br />Click on <strong><a title="Yearbooks" href="http://digitalarchives.sjc.edu/items/browse?collection=21">Items in the Yearbooks Collection</a></strong> to view and sort all items in the collection.
Coverage
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Annapolis, MD
Contributor
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St. John's College Greenfield Library
Identifier
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yearbooks
Text
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Original Format
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paper (bound book)
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Title
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Rat-Tat '06
Description
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Rat-Tat of St. John's College, Volume IX, Class of 1907. Published Annually by the Junior Class.
Creator
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Bennett, E. Elmer (Editor-in-Chief)
Date
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1906
Rights
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St. John's College owns the rights to this publication.
Type
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text
Format
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pdf
Contributor
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McBride, Edgar H.
Language
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English
Identifier
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1906
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