St Johns College - Yearbook (Annapolis, MD)

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1918 JOHN WHITFIELD WATSON, Fuss , Watsy , Yon Cassius lfitosrnuats, Mn. ,S'cif'l1iific Coztrsc. Rat-Tat .Board Cgjg Basket liall C2, 35 1 'l'rack Team C2, 3,5 Mandolin Club til: Orchestra fjbg Philokalian Liter- ary Society C2, 333 Assistant Librarian 12, 39. Motto: n1fL'lIlL'lllbt'I' what you deaf! fm'g1'!. He doesn't gamble and he doesn't drink, A He has one bad habit-he forgets to USS came to tts from thc little town of Frostburg in the fall of 1915. He is a typical mountaineer with plenty of ability and energy, as has since been proven by his :5,:,f,3,:: activities along academic and athletic lines. Indeed, his energy has been so great '55-i? '5 that athletics and class work cannot suppress the animal spirit that tills his swell- ing bosomg and he has to rid himself of the excess by means of continual rough-house. He has become so obstreperous that all Pinkney Hall has banded itself against his boasted powers. If his disturbances don't bring his college life to an untimely end, we expect him to become one of St. Iohn's most prominent athletes. VVatsy's first step in college education was to join Ding'bat Priee's joyous Society of Harmonious Discordsf' I-le succeeded so well in this society, that he drove his roommate to change his . room. This year he joined Existenee's McDowell Hall Noise Makers, and pesters everybody with his sickly attempts to get music out of a very screechy fiddle. Since his society received new instruments of torture, NVatsy has taken it upon himself to master the whys and wherefores of a Cornet. VVhen he becomes proficient on this instrument you may well expect him to try to a play a fiddle, a trom- bone, and a cornet at one time. This being the case, and hot air being musicg St. John's 'wouldn't need a twenty-ltive piece band. think. N , fs lt X2 Wm Captain VVatsy could do it all. With all his faults Puss is a good fellow, and his classmates all unite in wishing Yon Cassius a most successful career in his chosen profession. an, EWU? 313' T W' 'Sw' 1 or if sl r c V ,,' I f, ' 'fri' wg X 1 f ' 1 s. bk 1 X 1 'A .l 41 'e - 1 -4 .w . . -. it t. 1 Q H 1- 'H W n ., .fx 5 H4 4 , ' -:.,,,: E.,ffi.'-'-:..- LJ, A. , p. L . L1 fy, -:fc 'W r , . 'C' ' ' ,, 425.3 4 -,.'-r.e.'L. 112 Tr

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1918 JAMES MELVIN WALBECK, Becky , Jimmie , Musrat Fouesr I'IILL, MD. Scientific Course. Rat-Tat Board C35 3 Philomathean Lit- erary Soeiety QI, 2, 351 Machine Gun Company, Border Service C2, 33 3 Marks- man C2D. ' Motto: To become a real .Tf70l'f.'U HE representatives from Harford County at St. Johns have been few and far he- tween, but in Jimmie we sure have some representative. Clf the reader doulats 3,4,4,Q,Q this statement, just take H, peep at this photoj. He came to us practically wild, bfxfsffv from the wilderness known' as Forest Hill, hut he proved to he very apt, and the polish of St. john's soon began to show itself. Now it is hard to find one who has a greater drag with- the fair sex. At hops he sure is a shining light, and there are few who can excel him in treading the light fantastic measure with a fair little dame, pinioned securely in his manly, encircling arms. As to his military ability, there is no iquestion, but as yet he has not had a chance to get in the limelight, although he served a rigorous apprenticeship on the border last summer among all sorts of Iferoeious animals, deadly machine guns, and uncontrollable mu es. Jimmie won his reputation as a wide-awake chap, when one day he opened a volume of Shakespeare, turned to Hamlet, and in- quired who was the author of it. Aside from all fun, Jimmie is a fellow who possesses a stirling worth of character that rings true, and by virtue of this quality he has endeared himself to all our class. We predict a brilliant future for him, and feel sure that he will take advantage of all his opportu- nities until he reaches the mountain peaks of his desire. 111

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1918 PAUL HARRISON WHITE, Harrison Bixixrimonn, Mn. .S'cienlifitr Cainzve. Art Editor Rat-Tat 13D 5 Philomathean Literary Society C331 Senior RiHe Club CI, 253 Marksman CQ. R596 Motto: Oh, 11020 lla' 'world latfvs tl'lI1llIIllll'l .'n IEFORE lamping this unique descendant of da monk wc thought that the genus of which he is an insignificant component was extinct. lt is now apparent that tlns Q,,,,,,,X biological unclassified celebrity isuubiqnitous. Since last September hc has been a xflffffd continuous source of pestilenhef'-'-He is unfortunate in being afflicted with that obnoxious disease known as btimming'f15'ilHe' appropriatcs anything from the proverbial collar button to the prophylactic Itoothiscrubberl -He also has a decided propensity for appropriating cakes of alkalied greaseftised 'for personal cleanliness. ' 'l'o a chance acquaintance Harl'ison '-would not seem to be a fusscr. and it is almost incredible that his lucid physiognomy har- bors thoughts of the femmes: -but' if iii af sad reality. lle has not been as yet roped in by the Cralituwn' femmes, because he remains true to the one girl in'all'the w'orld. He is what is known as a clandestine lover, so frequently 'depicted in literature. This appel- lation has been given to him because we rarely get any info' on the progress of his suit. - A ' A Uh-cr-r-r we neglected to casually remark that Harrison is an overt prosclyte to that psychologieal- function known as cogitation. We found 1-larrison cogitating' in -Prep Hall when we arrived in our Freshman year, and although he has moved his domicile, he is still cogitating. V-V 'Patil has a taste. too, for art, both high and low, and too much praise cannot bc given our Art Editor for the way in which he worked to make this volume of the RAT-',lfA'r a success.