College of the Holy Cross - Purple Patcher Yearbook (Worcester, MA)

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l i Y, 'I 1 ri l. i . l A j x sl 'll I . l JOHN BRADY BAXTER Brooklyn, New York Class Treasurer, -1-Purple Key, 4-PURPLE PATCI-IIER, 4-Civil Service, +- , B. J. F., I, 4-Frosh Reception, 3, -4-Metropolitan Club, 1, 2, 3, 4-Junior Prom, 3-Class Hockey, 3, -l-B. V. M. Sodality, 1, 2, 3, -4--Sanctuary Society, 1, 2, 3, 4--Nexus Club. CCE honestus homo! or, as the vulgate would have it, hereis a chap you can trust even though he does come from Holy Cross. That is, his classmates elected him chancellor of the 1928 exchequer and when a man is named class treasurer hereabouts in this day and age it is a significant tribute to his qualities as a man anmng men. It might be advanced, of course, that the class of 1928 considered it had taste ever to maintain a balance in its treasury, but to raise that point would be foolish and footless, if not positively unkind. Besides the llletropolitan Club, that nefarious crowd of city-slickers, trusted John B. with their annual danceg and that bunch demands honesty, ability and results. Whenever a head usher was needed to direct operations in handling a lecture or concert crowd, the cry was raised Get Baxterf' Remember the remarkable urbanity and smoothness this man, John, displayed in his official position as houseman at the Dramatic Club's presentation of Richelieu. llffany of the Worthy burghers of the town left the play thinking that the aforesaid Baxter was the owner of the show, such was his efficient and diplomatic handling of allairs. Truly Brady is a Big Cperator. i281

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i 1 i 1 1 4 , . 1 4 i x RICHARD PATRICK BARRY, -IR. lirockton, hlassachusetts Class Football, 1, -l--Civil Service, 4-Nexus Club, 4-Class Basketball, I, 2, 3, 4-Frosh Reception, 2-Boston Club, 4-Class Baseball, l, 2, 3, -l--Purple Key, 4-History Academy, 2--Class Hockey, 3, 4-League of S. H., 1, 2, 3, 4. EHOLD our efficiency man! The shortest way home is the shortest way ' way home, says Dick. No one ever heard of Rich detouring when he could short cut because it isn't being done. As a physicist, his favorite was the Conservation of Energy, as an economist, he constantly applied the Law of Dim- inishing Returns, and as plain Dick, it was his keen and analytic mind and strong will power that enabled him to do things. Richard also knew when to let it out and he skimmed over the diamond, court, and gridiron, skidded right across the hockey rink and took off when the orchestra played Up in the Clouds. Dickey slipped off to an easy start with his ever present good humor, eased into second with his never failing pep and vim, and raced far to the fore with his innumerable witticisms, in short, a versatile fellow, who radiated good humor, good will, and went a long way to make friends-and kept them. l37l

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A 4 ,Lg 1 s x f X . , ,Vg- ,, ., ,.. ,,..,,. , , ,,,,,,, , ,, 5 I ,, ,. 1 r il , lf. I 1 .4 l.' ,' .N ,y 1 I fir' l we Fw 1 . 1 ' 1 5' l x ' I , if W1 lb i' , 2'-E' ., 5-1 l 1 i N , inf' ' ffl i a gi 1 P i if FRANK JOSEPH BEIERSCHMITT llflount Carmel, Pennsylvania Civil Service, 4-Sodality of B. V. M., +-B. J. F. Debating Society, 2-Or- chestra, 1, 2, 3, 4-Sanctuary Society, 2-Mendel Academy, 4-Chemist's Club, 2, 3, 4-Pennsylvania Club, 1, 2, 3, 4-Vice-President, -1-Nexus Club, 4. HE shrill wind call of the hunting horn echoes through the stillness ot the October woods. The chase is on, and in the van is 28's leading devotee of the hunt-one Googie. Scoffers are referred to the curators of the Smithsonian Institute for the production of such evidence as the famous l3eierschmitt Wolf. Time and again, esconced in his easy chair with wisps of smoke, from one of his famous collection of pipes, wreathing to the ceiling, Bier has told us of his famous exploit so that it has become an epic as those of Homer or Virgil. Lest you think that hunting and collecting pipes are Bier's only accomplish- ments, we might add that the sweet strains of his fiddle have brought joy to the hearts of many fair damsels in Worcester and its environs. His technique in drawing the innards of various cars, etc., has placed him well in the van of our embryonic UM. D.'s. As vice-president of the Chemist's Club, he proved his worth with the test tube and often has he demonstrated the worth of a close perusal of the Laws of Chance. In short, friends, our Bier refutes the argument that a Jack of all trades can be master of none. Blessed with a wholesome ambition, he will go far in the realm of his chosen profession, that of llfledicine. i29l .