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

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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

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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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:coLOMi qL- rgig ' e c h o Victor Ewart Gladstone Emery Sigma Upsilon; Scholarship Holder, 1912, 1913, 1914; Associate Editor of Flat Hat, 1912-1915; Editor-in-Chief of Colonial Echo, 1914; Charter member of Gordon-Hope Lit- erary Club; Associate Editor Colonial Echo, 1915. Victor swooped down upon us four years ago from the wilds north of Mason and Dixon ' s line, and in that brief time we ]ia e almost civilized him into a real ' ir- ginian with an accent. He didn ' t arrive with any blowing of horns, but it didn ' t take the Faculty long to realize that a mighty curler was among them, and in ses- sion extra ordinary they solemnly decreed that A was to be his regu ' ar mark, and no deviation from that standard has ever been noted. Nor has all of his time been taken up with a s stematic conquest of faulty French verbs or an unfaltering pursuit of undersized bacteria in the Science Hall ; he has found time to annex various and sundry college honors. Didn ' t he once tell original jokes to that humorless aggrega- tion, the Spottswood Club? Wasn ' t he one of the founders of the Gordon-Hope? And who but he edited the Colonial Echo of 1914 for us? The;e are only a few of the honors that he wears so modestly ; he is responsible for the production of a great many atrocities which appear unsigned in the college pub- lications, and other things known to the proper parties, unknown to the rest. But when you stand at finals, Victor, with a degree in each hand and that twitch- ing little smile on your face, we ' re all going to take of¥ our hats to you and be mighty proud that we can do it. .And we ' d like to see you back next year, for we need men like von. 24