St Johns College - Yearbook (Annapolis, MD)

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R VA 1918 THOMAS' ALFRED NORTHAM, Tully , Punch McD.xNiEl.s, Mn. .S'v1'ei1fific'. Rat-Tat Board tgjg Philokalian Liter- ary Society: Shztrpsliooter till. W Z - Motto: l must be just a little con- ' ' lriiry in ct'e1'yIl1i11g. ES, he came from the Eastern Sho' and is very proud of it even so much so that he does not believe there is any other place in the world like it. There is no use of , arguing with him about it for your reasoning is absolutely void as far as he is. concerned. ' 'lfhere is something very peculiar about his reasoning power, for if he sees a thing one way he will not see any other, although you may prove it to him from the best authorities. He will say, I don't believe it if he does say SO. St. John's has wrought a miraculous change in him as it does in nearlyoall who come here, and yet in some ways it has not affected him in the least. When he first came, anyone would have had some dirticulty to discover whether the thought of a girl' ever came into his mind, but when one saw the change that the once a week let- ter brought over him you could not help but know that in some place there was a queen who reigned supreme, and we think she still does, for instead of being once a week they are--oh, well, we will not tell on him. Then again, when he first came he' was just a little inclined to be bashful, but it has been steadily oozing out of him until now it is rather hard to fuss him but instead he has become quite a Ufusserf' just as he is a good St. John's man he is an all-around good sport seeing that nearly every one is a good friend of his, and as he is a good friend to all of ns, we know he will be to every one he meets on his way through life. 104 l ,fm -niliru .- -ps. . fi

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1918 JAMES WHARTON NELSON, ICDOCD, llNel8YP BA LTI M onli, M D. Slvivzliifitr Cvunare. Rat-Tat Board C355 Marksnwn Qzjg Sergeant Co. UA C3D. 1 of 0 Motto: A merry life I lead, for all my years. N our stay 111 this eolleetion of thc select of the norld, we have heard of many expres sions such as King of tl1e Bums, lhrower of the Bull etc, yet we must mvcnt 1 . ' . -A ' I ' 1 c .' - ' . h 1 U, H ' V C v- 41 1 ,U A I 5. ' s VW., a new o11e in order to meet tlns combination of rags, bones and a hank of hair. ' ,' ' 11 u - - U , 4 ,. f K 1 , 4 . . l 1 N':'2'fs Nexcr does 1 week end roll by and hnd Doc Ftllllllllllg l1ere for one of our bleasant Sundays in Crabtown. And business does not call hi1n hence, but a strong love for a femme to whom as Maddy says, he is as true as the days are longf' . He 11215 a way of approaching and 'kidding with lhe 'profs. that is hard to explain. W1tl1 his line and powerful grease to back it up, he is a wonder 1n the class roo111. In German, his vocabulary consists of three words, Sprechen Sie Deutsch? but he has been taking this subject only two years now, and has a good chance of passing it off before he graduates. ln some respects, Doe is like a wandering Jew. One day l1e drills i11 tl1e Company, while another day finds him producing noise in that makeup of the companies' outcasts and exiles. He claims that he is a good cornetist, but the sounds that he makes remind one of a German submarine crying for help in a fog. We advise him to cast l1is energy and wind upon a more fruitful Held. Doc, however, is a good fellow, and we wish him good luck ns he goes forth in life.

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Motto : Do all flu' work you can 1918 JOHN MEREDITH PEARCE llilakeil, UMurph!Y lXl0Nli'l'0N, Mn. .S'4'1'v11I1'fiC Coznzrv. Phi Slgnm Kappa l 1'alt'r11ily Rat-'l'at Board C35 3 Corporal Company lf fjpl Marksnian QIJQ Sharpshooter . . In none of tlw fvlucc.r you can ' fls seldom os you conf' i E have known Jake ever since St. Jobn's l-irst beheld us in our rookiest rookyness- he had then acquired all the arts of a long confirmed St. ,Iohn's man, but the censor y4,g,4,Q might object if we were to demonstrate in print any of his particular accomplish- e37N'X'r' ments. No one can accuse Jake of being slow when it comes to starting anything: long years ago he graduated from this line in Prep Hall. I-le then entered Pinkney and took up graduate work on the fourth Floor under one of our well known masters, Louey Miles. In those days, whenever there was anything fin particularj going on between tapsiand reveil- le, jake could be found among the leaders of the fourth floor hold- ing a council of war to evade any prowling demons of the night, sometimes known as O. C.'s W' 4' 'lf Then after the usual formali- ties of the night were over you would find Jake tiptoeing to bed, and even the efforts of our illustrious bugler would fail to have any effect upon this habitual victim of Morpheus. He 'was sometimes aroused, however, by the sound of mess call, but breakfast formation had no terrors to Jake, To those who know him well, Jake is a real good fellow, gener- ous to the extreme, and we believe that sometime within the next twenty years he will graduate from St. J'ohn's with something be- sides a goose egg wreath to his credit. 105 --.ff -, ': w---'Tx' . u -A 1 - 21, its 25' 1' -V Q37 ' Q 2' I v g gli' . if 255 1'i !24, f ,lfgij-.i?gQ?i Flaw v u T5 4' '38 ' s -a . ' I 5351595 , fi ff' ,Q we .....,..., l.. ..., - .