Baltimore Polytechnic Institute - Cracker Yearbook (Baltimore, MD)

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D. FRANK LAM151.15-Sergeant-at-Arms of the class. Formerly a noted football player. He is well acquainted in South Carolina, where he went hunting during the Christmas holidays, and shot-three ducks. L15 Roy M. L.xNo1mI.r.-Jester of the l. O. XV. D. The price of oysters can be gauged by Le Roy's actions. lf high, the Order is seen at some popular soda fountain 3 if low, he at ,i once collects all outstanding notes. He does not like work, but relishes the lemon drops bought at Keeneis. H. Qumuy LAYM.xN-Editor-in-Chief of the S.xLM.xGUNn1g Secretary of the Classy Treasurer of the Lowell Literary Society. He is becoming addicted to the use of such phrases as 'Sly Dear ! and Beloved I His one great worry is this book. VVhen you see this, he will be able to die happy. I7

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josiavu T. 1'iliN'l'lIURN-vlCC-PI'CSlLlCl1i1 of the 1. O. XV. D. One of his peculiar characteristics is his Charles Street Road walk. He has a good memory for numbers, presumably cultivated to remember addresses. ,He can often be seen at Hoehschild, Kohn K Co.'s soda foun- tain. .Io11N S. Hlcss-Historian of the Classg Sergeant-at-Arms of the l. O. XV. D. He is a member of one of the city regi- ments, and would fight valiantly QFD if needed. llc has the appearance of needing sleep: in fact, he goes nearly to the land of Nod in a certain lecture room. lt has been suggested that he take a year, when he grad- uates, to get sufficient sleep. l l l. Smcmv joxics-A young City College man, who came to his senses in time to choose the Polytechnic as his Alma Mater. lt has been reconnnended that, when we feel inclined to talk, we look at him and follow his example. Blessed is he who, when he has nothing to say, says it and stops. 16

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interjections XVILLIMI N. MICHAEI.-Tliis is a young man who has gone to Sunday-school ever since he could walk, but does not know how Samson died. He does not talk much, ex- cept in the drawing room, where he says nothing. He is a noted authority on the modern locomotive. C11.xRI.I3s A P1 tru He is our master mechanic. He had '1 hobby, '1 mustache Pj ' but since he shaved it ol? he is ten pounds H lighter. His greatest feat was the making it of a surveyors chain for our noted Au thority on Survey ing 18 jo11N G. M LIISENRINQ. Secretary of the I. O. VV. D 1-le can translate German tc: y well but frequently looks down beside him He once looked into an old Dutch clock and it stop ped short. He is following the modern trend of great men in the frequent use of