St Johns College - Yearbook (Annapolis, MD)

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1918 AZEL MERRILL SHEPPARD, uAxeln, ushepnl ltTimevr, unogu' Squash S'roek'r0N, Mn. I.!Ifill'.Sit'iCIlfCfiC C0z11'.rt'. Rat-Tat Board C35 5 Philomathean Lit- erary Society CI, 2, 31, Track Squad Cr, 2, 35 5 Second Grade Certilicatc CID 3 First Corporal Co. B CSDQ First Prize in Freshman English CID, Class His- torian .CZDQ Baseball Squad CI, 2, 35. X V ,I Motto: To L'UIL'UflIt'L' the 'world that Iam right. I 'J I I C HIS gallant knight, who makes his abode in some secluded hcrmitage down in W'or- cester, will some day startle the literary men of his enlightened village and make Q,x,g,Q,Q them .look up to him in envious wonderment. His oratorical and literary ability ifxfsffv has gained for him medals, trophies, black eyes, a broken nose, as well as undying glory among his classmates. Axel often takes us through his career when he was the athletic hero of Stockton High. To hear him tell of the days when he came in iirst in the roof when he batted the ball over the fence for the winning run, and made brilliant dashes in gridiron battles is really wonderful to relate. Shep is determined to have an audience. When his .orations fail him he resorts to a laborious but yet a renumerative practice. He opened up a barber shop on Junior floor. This seemed to gain him popular favor among his fellow students when he offered to do things which had to be done at reduced rates. Everything is most modern in this unsanitary tonsorial parlor, and a model for Annapolis barbers to go by. 1-lis first chair is of the rare Gothic architectural type, and, as the poet says, a thing of beauty is a joy forever. He uses hacksaw razors, curry combs, pblarine axle grease, Du Pont powder, in fact all the necessary and unnecessary tools and cosmetics that help to make the physiog- nomy beautiful. However, he has the nerve, grit and get there determination, and we hope as he climbs the lofty heights of success no obstacle will be too great for him to dispose of, and that the Gods of Fate will always smile upon him.

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1918 JOSEF ROBERT SHEETZ, uBobn l'lAGERS'l'OWN, Mn. Scieulifir Course. Kappa Alpha Frawrnily. Asst. Editor-in-Chief Rat-Tat C355 Vice-President Class C355 Star Second Grade Certilicate C155 Sharpshooter C15 5 Co. AU Rillc Team CI, 25 5 Board- ing Club Committee C2, 355 Corporal Co. A C25 5 Associate Editor Collegian C355 Hop Committee C355 Philokalian Literary Society CI, 2, 355 Asst. Mana- ger Baseball C355 First Sergeant Co. A C355 Machine Gun Company, Border -Service C2, 355 Treasurer June Ball Committee C35. A, Motto: The Ladies, God Bless 'c-mf' OU would naturally suppose after lumping this unique specimen of pulchritude that he would be lddieted to the obnoxious dise'1se of fussing This assumption holds lim, for the first ye'1r of Bob s domicile in Annapolis, but it is now 'ipplrent that Cupid S H , ,, , . . . . . I . . 5 l I I l K K K k35'fJ4 i has seized his heart and transplanted it to one of Baltimore's sequestered suburb., namely Walbrook. Still Bob is the recipient of amorous epistles from romantic young ladies from all elimes, who have been roped in by his handsome physiognomy C?5. To see him strutting around with his spinal columnbent in the shape of an ellipse, re- minds one of a corkscrew endeavoring to penetrate a stopper. And to be an auditor when Bob sounds off Report at formations is sad indeed to those of us, who are unfortunate enough to be late. Bob was a member of the First Maryland's Machine Gun Com- pany when Mexico quit having bull fights and sent her toreadors across the border. Many are the tales of beautiful senoritas along the Rio Grande, capturing Villa, and the art of caring for Texas mules, which he propounds to anyone who cares to listen. He is undecided whether to enter the Army, get married, or buy the Western Maryland Railroad. Any one of them would suit him, but perhaps he will do them all. Bob and Bill Knighton are having a race as to who will be 1918's lirst benedict. At present we think Bill has ,him beaten, but one can't always tell. Anyway, here's luck and whichever walk of life he undertakes, may he succeed. 107

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1918 RUSSEL EVANS SMITH, Dutch RouNn BAY, Mn. .S'r1'c'i1Iific Course. Rat-Tat lioard f3JQ Star Second Grade Certiiicate Cljg Marksman C2Dg liasket Hall Squad C3D. Motto: To succeed in wlzalcwr l1lllU'L'l'fUkL'.U USSEL, or Dutch, as he is known to us, comes from a little place in the county called Round Bay. After looking over many maps and through a recent atlas, str W we have been unable to lind this center of civilization, but we will take his word for it that it really does exist. Last fall Dutch got it into his head that he could dance, so as a result he has heen attending all the hops this year. 1-le has a way of dancing all his own. One can see him start walking at one corner of the gym and follow a due straight line to another corner. carefully seeing that he does not divert to one side or other. Arriv- ing at this corner, he gives the command by the left Hank and continues his course to the opposite corner where he repeats the same operation. ln other words his one steps are merely square dances or walks, aided by his knowledge of military science. Oh, misery, when will you cease to he! There are many other things that Russel thinks he can do. He thought that he could 'tgrease Scabby', by greeting him with it pleasant good morning every day, but Scablmy showed him how well the grease worked by giving him a 2.00 in recitations. But despite these imperfections, Russel is a hard and conscientious ,Lrg worker and we predict many things of him in the future. ' 109