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

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Pi Kappa Alpha; A. A. O. ; Spolhueood ; Cordon-Hope. WE DRINK to Parker. An enigma to his intimates, a friend to all, a sphynx for conversation, but a good listener, Buzzie is hereby handed over for posterity to decipher. He has been with us for six years; has seen classes come and go, but not one of us knows any more about him than when he first invaded our sacred premises. This much we can say for him: he is the only man we have seen who has been able to persuade the Faculty that he is be- stowing great honor upon them by attending classes, and that it will be a supreme act of condescension on his part to accept a sheepskin from this most humble insti- tution of learning. His inordinate modesty or his confounded inertia may be the cause for Parker ' s retreat from the spot-light. ' et for all his reticence, a more lovable fellow than Buzzie is not to be found in a week ' s travel. It ' s a safe bet that when a sound, level head is needed in a tight place H. Godwin will be a good man to call on. Rise, gentlemen, I give you H. G. Parker. Pc e Taenl -fouT

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ENTER a vest-pocket edition of Mt. Vesuvius. Mr. Hamlin, ladies and gen- tlemen! Genial, happy, good natured as are all brick -tops. Ham possesses a superabundance of all these qualities. His smile has calcified on his physi- ognomy and he couldn ' t remove it if he tried — which he never has and never will, for he realizes that it is one of his chief assets in the journey through life. Charlie comes and goes; one year finds him on the green, shaded triangle in the old Capital, the next finds him somewhere out in the sticks working for the edification of the youth of the Old Dominion. But when he is here, everybody knows it; in fact it ' s impossible not to be cognizant of his presence, on account of his bright dome, if for no other reason. Bright dome, did we say? Yes, bright on the outside and brighter in the interior. Charlie ' s chief occupation consists in piling up A ' s and accumulating scholarships. He says the certificates look nice on his wall. One drawback about your graduation. Ham, the College loses a good man when you go, but the Class of 1 4 is so much the better off for your having been one of them. Puj?c Tjvent j-thrci

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Kappa Sigma; A ' . N. O.; SpoltsTvood Club; Caplain Baseball Team 1914; CorJon-Hopc. HANDSOME, genial, modest, efficient and at all times a Virginia gentle- man of the highest type — this is Bat. We all know him, we all admire him, we all love him. Neglecting the attention that a cute little fellow like Bathurst always attracts, he was first bathed in the fickle lime-light of fame when as a mere shaver (or a non-shaver, to be precise) he held down left field on our championship baseball team of 1911. Since then he has divided his time about equally pursuing baseballs, ladies and his studies — always with unvarying success. In fact, it seems that life would get monotonous to one who, like Peachy, always gets what he goes after, without much effort. His latest acquisition is the captaincy of the baseball team, and it ' s a safe prediction it will be a good team, and a credit to its leader. Good luck to you. Bat — wherever you go the best wishes of the Class of 1914 will ever be with you. Page Tvenly-five