St Johns College - Yearbook (Annapolis, MD)

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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

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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 WILLIAM BENNETT TUCKER, llTuckYi, HBH!!! CEN'l'REVIl.l.li, Mn. .S'c'ir'11t1'7ic Course. Phi Sigma Kapjur Fraternity. Rat-Tat Board C351 Students' Coun- cil C2, 355 Baseball Team CI, 255 Ser- geant Co. B C255 First Lieut. Bat. Adj. C355 Marksman C155 Expert Rille- man C25 5 Co. B Rifle Team and high- est scorer C255 Vice-President Athletic Association C355 Philokalian Literary Society CI, 2, 355 Class Historian CI55 Class Vice-President C255 Hop Com- mittee C35g Glce Club C355 Machine Gun Company, Border Service C2, 355 ,Tune Ball Committee C35. I I ' 1 ERE is one of the Eastern Sho' specimen, and to wit from the village of Centreville, where so many fish stories originate many of wlnch have been handed out by this worthy son of that burg Being '1 baseball pitcher of renown in his home town, heldecided to enter St. J'ol1n's to seek fame. This he has well accomplished. Tuck however, is one of the hardest workers we have, and mankind when he makes up his mind to do anything you better not step in his way. 'l'he military bug hit Bill , causing him to join the famous Machine Gun Company, and also to spend four burning months on the Rio Grande, of which he now tells many weird and fascinating tales, especially to the fair sex. , Oh yes, he's some fusser, and for him to miss a hop would be at calamity. just visit the gym during a hop and-watch him glide gracefully around thc fioor wearing his dignified committee belt. Then no doubt you will hear such expressions as these, Oh, isn't Mr. Tucker just grand l or Don't you just love that little smile of his? However, judging from the number of letters he receives, we all think Bill's heart is true to the girl back home. Tuck is the fortunate possessor of an amiable disposition which endows him with that readiness to accommodate anyone and also wins for him that equality of good fellowship among his class- mates. We 'are looking forward to the time when as a chemical engineer, he will shine like the brightest and most brilliant star. 110