St Johns College - Yearbook (Annapolis, MD)

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gli A ,A ,,., A ..'1,,,.Q.,,f A 4 ,,,Zm,,Z,,,W i I-Iolmes, DeVries, VVinslow and NValbeck. With the addition of these men our class was able to come back to its original form again, shining in all branches of school activities. Cook was a mainstay in the backfield of the 'Varsity eleven, getting in many of the games and shining in his old-time form. W. J. Maddox, DeVries, Watsoii and Magruder worked hard for the team, although they were not able to make it. However, their chances for getting on next year's team are very bright. In basket-ball Cook played forward on the team throughout the season, while Watsoii also played in many of the games. Baseball season found Tucker again as the 'Varsity pitcher, with lilzey and Lowman on the hrst team, while Mack and Wigtoii were on the second team. In track Holmes and Sheppard were practically the foundation of the squad, both of these men being on the relay team. The academic work, due to the many other school activities that arise in this year and hard schedules, was not of so high standing as in the two former years, but we still managed to get some of our men on the honor roll. Among these are Wilsoii, Mack, Mencke, Knighton and Cook. Naturally in our stay here we have all become interested in military affairs. As a result, many of the men of this class came back this year and saw positions thrust upon them calling for increased duties and responsibilities. Of the higher ranking men are Tucker our Adjutant and VVinsl0w as Quartermaster- Sergeant of the Battalion, with Sheetz and Holmes as First Sergeants and DeVries as Color Sergeant. Chiefly upon these men will fall the highest honors in the military department next year. In literary lines, too, members of this class have shown exceptional ability, VV. J. Maddox, Sheppard and Mencke have taken the most interest in this kind of work, going out each year for the debating team and oratorical contests. After this review of activities in which our class and the College have been interested and concurred, it will perhaps be well to comment on the activities of the men themselves-1Jersonally-about their love alfairs, peculiar character- istics, etc. The first thing that suggests itself is love. The Class of 1918 boasts of many of those fellows of the amative and celestial lines of Shakespeare of many types and of different degrees. Some of these have already worked for and earned their Ph.D.'s in this subject. After looking through the members of the class, three men stand out prominently-- Bill' Knighton, Bob Sheetz and Bill DeVries-and then each of these men have been overcome by the fumes of this fascinating disease in different ways. We have, too, some brilliant authors of love letters in our midst, who, it seems, wish to surpass those delightful lines written by our old ancestor, Gov- ernor Wintlirop of Massachusetts. J, Russelln Cook leads in this department, 121

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ai' Ant ,,,, A .MHA .,., 4 ,,, Zhll 1 Uhr Grunge Age With the pleasant thoughts of the past year in our mind, we returned in the fall of 1915 only to meet a number of new faces. Wfe soon broke them into the mysteries of St. John's, telling them not to walk on the grass, down the sacred walk, etc. A few, however, luckier than the rest, were taken into our class before Christmas, and are with us now. They are Cook, Mencke, XfVhite, Magruder, VVinslow, DeVries, NVatson, Lowman and Bradley, with Quevedo, Matthews, Holden, F. B. Smith, Broadrup and Costas of the pre-medical class. In athletics our class still pushed ahead. In football Turner again was a 'Varsity man. Cook made many of the trips, while VV. Maddox, DeVries, Magruder and Holden worked hard on the squad. Basket-ball season found Cook and VVatson as substitutes on the first team, each of them promising great things in the future. Tucker, Iilzey and Lowman held regular positions on the baseball team, while Mack, VVigton and Shephard played on the second team. Academic work in our Sophomore year was of high standing, L. Hall still leading, with Mencke, Cook, Bradley and Mack closely following. . Uhr Svilurr Age Alas, we have come to our junior year, the year which means so much for the class and for the College. Our RAT-TAT 1nust be the best ever publishedg our june Ball must be a success. Are we capable of succeeding in these lines? Taking into consideration the men that are managing these enterprises-first, the RAT-TA'r Board, which consists of J. XV. Knighton, editor-in-chief, a man of diplomacy and rare business abilityg J. R. Sheetz, assistant editor, a hard worker and true St. QIohn's mang men as Mack and Mencke of the business staff, and VVigton and Maddox of the advertising department, an important essential of such a publication-you will agree with us that nothing short of a Busy Bertha can stop us. The June Ball, too, is being thoroughly attended to by five able men-Knighton, chairmang Sheetz, secretary 5 Mencke, DeVrics and Tucker, elected from our midst. This year when we returned many faces were not here that should have been. It was not their fault, nor can it be blamed on Uncle Sam, but they answered the call to the colors when the United States troops were needed on the Border, and there they were when September 20th rolled around. Those men of the junior class who returned from this service in October and whom we have unanimously put on the honor roll of this class are Sheetz, Tucker, 120

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k i da ,,,, L ,,,, receiving, as someone has put it, more mail than the rest of Junior floor put together, and writing more than than anyone else. But our friend, Owen Friend of Friendsville, is a close second, for many times you can see him reading letters received from a nearby State. You cannot imagine how quickly Owen has been thoroughly civilized by his stay at St. jol1n's. Hard workers a1'e very evident among us. Shorty Mack, who has charge of the bank account, is always busy doing one thing or the other. R. E. Smith, Bradley, VVatson and Schuele follow on closely. Among the jocular and optimistic ones Lowman, who is the source and supply of all slang expressions used at St. John's, leads, Nelson, Tucker and Bourke supporting him in his pleasant endeavors. Maddy, White, VVindy and jake Pearce are put in the easy-going class, since they seem to drift along slowly, contented with the world, and the world smiles back and enjoys their contentedness. N-o-r-w-o-o-d VVilson and lilzey and Watson are perhaps the biggest sleepers, with Nutty Holmes, Northan and Otis Gardner following on. Of dancers we have many, but Magruder, who is chief exhibitor of the latest dances at Ocean City during the summer months, and Bill VVigton have shown conclusively that they know a whole lot about this indoor sport. There are also two men in our class who love to argue and talk, who cry out loudly, An augument, an augument! My kingdom for an augument! In this line Azel Sheppard leads. He is always ready to start an argument of some kind, whether it be on free love or cutting hair. The other one is the Duke Mencke. He generally has a good line of talk on hand that is enough to overcome any ordinary man on entering his room. There is still one remaining, who, the writer must admit, cannot be classi- fied. This unusual creature, our expert on military affairs, is Greasy Nathan. To quote him directly, he is a man of the world, a humanitarian, a blessing to all mankind. Just look at his write-up, gentle reader. and you will learn the peculiarities of this so-different man, and will see why he is put under this head. ' These are the members of the Class of Eighteen as they stand and are commented upon by the writer in a light manner. And so we have labored hard in this our Junior year, since it requires more time, energy and even pecuniary funds than any other yea1'. In this work the RAT-'l'Afr, we sincerely believe that we have taken a step forward in present- ing the friends of the College a publication worthy of the strictest attention, and worthy to be called a product of St. John's. It has been a difficult task, but with men in our class who were ready to make personal sacrifices in order to make this book a success we were bound to present it in good form. 122