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

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:C0L0 l qL - Tgl5 ECHO Franklin Mason Barnes n K A., Phoenix; Treasurer German Club, 1914-15. Ladies and Gentlemen, behold the most serious man in our class, — yes, in our Col- lege, Franklin Barnes. He is a native of Williamsburij, which may have caused this, althousih we have earnestly tried to con- vince him that we did not hold against him a thing which he could not help. He wears ;o serious an air that he needs little other apparel, and the seriousness of his laugh or smile is marvelous. However, this is but the first impression ; gradually, as his re- serve melts away in conversation and com- panionship, one begins to see him as he is, active, energetic and successful ; Past Grand Master of the Tango, Sorority Squeeze, etc.. Science Shark and Debater. He is in everything, and doesn ' t talk about it. The Phoenix proudly numbers him among her e.x-presidents, and it would be hard to find a student-activity in which he is not interested. Franklin is a lawyer in embr o. much to the anxiety of the present constellation of legal lights, and their fear is indeed well grounded, for we feel that whatever he may imdertake he will, b that quiet perse erance of his. achieve. 22

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:C0L0MI qL-- ' Tslg ' ECHO Li£.MURi. Francis Ga.mus CiuiJiJali- jiir M. .1. Sigma Phi Epsilon; Baseball Team 1911-12; 1912-13, 1915. Pud is our M. A., which, in this form, stands not for a maternal progenitor, but for Master of Arts. He dropped by and snatched a Bachelor ' s degree two years ago, but tlie tie that binds to WiUiamsburg is a liard one to overcome, and hack he came this ear. He is rather an ideal combination of scholar and athlete. When here before lie made one of the best records at third base that any of our baseball artists can boast, and performed with almost equal skill on the pig-skin. At the same time, he has quite a number of the Faculty believing that he is one of the most liberal patron- izers of the Standard Oil Company. Alore- over, at times he is a poet, and this may be readily verified by a swift perusal of the only poem among our Jokes and Grinds. But enough of this, for you ' ve alread been eulogized in a previous Annual, Lemuel Francis, and besides, you ' re too much of a real man to want to hear your- self praised. But pardon us if we insist that you are the cream of the .M. A. Class of 1915. 21

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:C0L0AHI L- - ' ' TgiS- - ECHO Fraxcis Whst Cooke Alpha Theta; Phoenix; Vice-President . M. C. A., 1913; Teacher ' s Diploma, 191+; Treasurer, Phoenix Literary Society, 1914; Treasurer Jtinior Class, 1914: President Phoe- nix, 1915. classmen are proud to not know luni : Hail Doc, thy greet thee. The casual observer does for it takes a boon companion to fathom and see Cookey as he is. His mathemati- cal brain is ever alert, and he finds the sweetest pleasure in working out the de- tails in the construction of his trans-aethe- rial railroad, which he strongly holds will easil bind our Lunar neighbor to us, and which he firmly expects to have well under way within a few years, he the engineer of this simple project. Even though hi mind often soars above this Mundane Insti- tute to wrestle with the problems of the infinite, et his logic is good in the practi- cal problems of real life ; so if you want sound reasoning and brotherly advice, go to Francis W. In literary circles the Phoenix boasts him a Phoenician of the Phoenicians, and in the . M. C. A. his efforts to maintain al- ways high inoral tone among the students have been felt even beyond the ca; ' npus. Doc thinks a report card looks good adorned with A ' s, and still better when he cares to square them, — hence a part of his time spent in dropping credits into the reg- istrar ' s sack. Professor J. M. swears that he is an apt student in the artistic use of language, almost equalling his tutor him- self in that accomplishment. In all of his noble and sincere actixity in college life Cooke is one that his Alma Mater will always point to with pride. Here ' s to Doc — rise, gentlemen, let us drink a long health to one who is an honor to the class of ' 15. 23