St Johns College - Yearbook (Annapolis, MD)

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Reminiscences -- As one wanders through the Halls, passing from room to room, he seeson every hand pencil-marked walls, scratched panes and carved desks that recall to his mind many of the famous classes and more or less prominent characters of St. John's in former days. The desks in the Math and Greek rooms being the oldest are naturally the most highly dec- orated. On nearly every one of them may be seen the three initials of some hero, followed by two numerals representing the year in which he hoped to receive the coveted sheep- skin from his honored College. Many of the carvers of these initials have left college long enough to achieve success in the different walks of .life and their Alma Mater is proud to claim them as her sons. Some of the initials have been cut away, while others stand out in bold relief. They seem to say to the student of today This spot is'sacred, and he leaves it untouched. p I One, of the boldest. type and in a very prominent place, is Buck I. '94 of football fame. He was captain and halfback of our '93 team and the greatest ground gainer and squirmer from under great piles of players St. John's has ever had. VB. P. next catches our eye. Proctor '94, one of the best fullbacks in St. John's football history and the actual consumer at one sitting at Smith's, Maryland Avenue, of twenty-two friend oysters, nineteen cream puffs, four apple and five mince pies, fourteen poker rolls, interspersed with candy and light refreshments. Passing on down theline we come to the following names- c J '.'Snyder, '95, cannon crackerfiend of Pinkney and General Manager of Pyro- technic Displayson May 2. 1 Schafer, '96, keeper of torpedoes, cannon and croquet balls, and general ammu- nition. ' Bob P. Pennington '93, Orator on Arbor- Day, when the Juniors, Sophomores and Freshmen declared theirown holiday and planted a Sumac in the hole Tommy had dug for the Seniors. -f W i HJ. dz H. represents the winninglreversible battery of Jones and Hilleary, who with seven assistants let the Navy down with a score of 19-1, Hilleary making four home runs. 166

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Next we come to a number of gridiron heroes: I Schoif, end and captain in '88, late captain U. of P. Blunt, , '87, U , Lehigh. Smith, '96, West' Point. I J. H. R. J. I Doc Jamar, halfback in,'92, who got away on our ten-yard line with a ten second man only a few feet away, and went under his opponent's goal just as the W. C. man dived-too late. ' I O. I. Y. I Osborne I. Yellott. Ausuccessful lawyer of Towson, who early in life demonstrated his artistic talents by painting Gregory's cows. ' 8 There are many more, some high up in the Hall of Fame-on the steeple and bell- some in the dark recesses of the shop, inscribed in every niche and nook. ,The carver is gone, but we hear of him from time to time still carving hisname upon the tables -of history and each day adding to the honor and 'glory of Old St. J ohn's. V f 5 ' 5030Q:DQid. POQQO' r I ,. ,.nnlu .. f i .r N, ,I nl!!lll!I-- I lullliisiwllln--ff N H liilllwfiillifllf? 3? 'A -'V I' W II 'h ff L6 Xllllllllllii f- VI' ij I auatic: 0 G M 0i0iQ'-i0i3 :mwob Qi CD fi-, .r C Y L 5 ML ' C -V ' 'Tif- 167