College of William and Mary - Colonial Echo Yearbook (Williamsburg, VA)

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' n CI)C 1912 Coloniiil Cci)o ALAX I ' REDERICK ENGLISH, Shamokin, Pa. n K A; K. OF V. F. ; I ' HOEXIX A rare bird, of unknown species. He came down here from Bucknell University with his mind so full of German verbs and his soul so sraurated with a scientific knowledge of every- thing, that the faculty mistook him for a brand new edition of the Encyclopaedia Brittanica, and gave him the highest scat in the synagogue. When he isn ' t winning scholarships — he has an- nexed three of them already — he writes passionate poetry and runs the college. He is a member of the Kappa Chi and the German Club, a valuable addition to the magazine staff, and Editor-in- Chief of the CoLONi, L Echo. He is essentially a primitive man, and is one of the Northern Lights and the N. N. O. He is manager of the igi2 baseball team, and has fond hopes of creat- ing many pleasant memories on the northern trip. Every other day in the week . Ian may be found m his den, reading Browning with one eye and Henry Van Dyke with the other. The days in between he employs by studying mathematics in hi. own peculiar way. He is loving and lovable, •ind if stroked in the right direction, can be fed Ipv liand.

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€l)€ 1912 Colonial Ccfto 21 WILLIAM K.W ' AXAL ' CH DoTY, Riohniond. Kentucky. K A; K. OF V. F.; PHOENIX. A Kentuckian, by Gad, Siili ! Bourbon of the first distillation. Disposition, chameleon-like. Recommended as capricious, fastidious, eccentric, finicky, precise, romantic, poetic, and practical. Believes in good, clean profanity, loves to write and dance, worships James Lane Allen. He came here by way of Transylvania University and tile University of Virginia, at each of which in- stitutions he was Editor-in-Chief of the magazine, so quite naturally he is the founder and Editor- in-Chief of The Flat Hat. He is a poet and a prose writer of purest ray .serene, and uses tem- perament as an excuse for murder, free thinking and cutting lectures. He is a member of the Spottswood Club, the German Club, and the N. N. O. Kavvy is essentially a progressive, but his respect for the antiquities of Ye Ancient Capitol is equalled only by his affection for its fair resi- dei.ts. His chief characteristic is temperament, his pet theory is that a pruning knife is the best cure for a college faculty, and his main ambition ;s to become a multi-millionaire, to purchase the Kentucky State Library, and to live in ease and plenty upon his broad and blue grass acres.

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Oc 1912 Colonial Ccfto 23 THOMAS HEXL1-:Y GEDDV. Jr., Williamsburg, Va. K 2; K. OF V. F. ,• PHOENIX. Preeminently a gentleman and a scholar. A most profound runt. So small that his family refer to him as Big Brother out of pure kind- ness. For three years he has elicited wonder and admiration that one so young and fair should be such an adept at basketball: for the last two years Ik- lias not only been on the quintet, but as Manager of the team he has arranged more trips to places where he has beautiful blond sweethearts than all previous Managers combined. Politics, and a speciallj ' designed evening coat, gave him the German Club presidency. He is also a mem- ber of the N. N. O. Tottmiy is an enthusiastic alumnus of the Williamsburg High School, and lives in town, and it is said that in the summer time, when everybody has left college, he is much sought after by the fair sex. He takes great interest in James City County Court pro- ceedings, and as a legal authority, he has a very sweet voice, and plays delightfully upon both the mandolin and the guitar. Tommy can always be depended upon to make one of a plea.sant com- r.any, ami is loved by all who have ever come within llu- range of bis radiant vision.