St Johns College - Yearbook (Annapolis, MD)

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W A fa ,,,, L ,,,, 4 One Ill01'C round now lies before us, the most important one so far as the Col- lege and ourselves are concerned. Upon us, the juniors this year and the Seniors next year, depends whether we shall keep up the high standing of this institution in academic, military, athletic and literary lines. 'l'o look through our class and to analyze each member separately as to his own particular quality and type we are sure that you will agree with us that St. John's next year will again go forward with a leap and bound, as in former years. And thus we all think that the Class of IQIS has upheld the dignity and honor of this noble old College to its loftiest height, and we think also that when we leave here next year with our diplomas in hand the College will feel deeply our departure and realize more than before the good effects of our having come here. H1s'roRIAN. ibm' iinnvgmnnn, nr a Zlnurnvg tn :Swv ibm' Gllzummatra One balmy spring day I decided to take my bride, ELZEY, down to Annapolis to see the sights of the quaint capital of Maryland. Fully prepared for a pleasant trip, we set out, and had not gone very far before we passed a nice row of HOLMES, in one of which we spotted our old FRIEND SCI-IUELE, sewing bachelor buttons on TUCKER'S full dress. Of course, this was a very strange action, but it did not prepare us for the unique sight of President NVILSON watching the GARDNER and his son NATHAN trying to PEARCE the WALBECK of the black-SMITH shop. A little further on I met MAGRUDER wrestling with MENCKE, who quickly secured a half NELSON, and then said: Mister, doesn't the LOXVMAN lose? -lust outside of Annapolis I saw a COOK trying to cross a meadow in which was a MADDOX. The infuriated beast charged upon the helpless per- son, who turned VVI-IITE as SI-IEETZ, but the SI-IEPIJARD NORTHAN, fol- lowed by his dog Doo Little BRADLEY, rushed to her aid. I-Iurrying away from this awful scene, we were stopped by Patrolman BOURKE, who asked me for my license. Fortunately enough, I was able to produce the license that showed we had been duly married. I-Iowever, it was too dark, and he could not read it until the town electrician, XVIGTON, turned the WATSON. Wie proceeded down the boulevard, escorted by a KNIGI-ITON horseback and his squire DeVRIES. The two nobles acted as our bodyguard, and we finished our trip to WINSLOW junction without further adventures. 123

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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

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J Ellie Svnphii' igartg I Ah, how clearly I remember! Twas the tenth day of December That the Class of ,IQ launched upon An errand of renown. From the rated men and doctors Ten men came, the would-be proctors Of the Freshmen and unrated men That have to be kept down. And like sheep led, to the slaughter Came these men with many a falter To the dread initiation that the Sophomores had prepared. Believe me, folks, but they were scared! II 'With many a palpitating flutter First came Gross, and then Archetto, Followed by the valiant Tilghman, Burton, Higgins and O'Rourk. Then in mood by no means merry Gattens, Jumblatt, johns and Terry Stood before the awful spectre, and In mind and body shook, For the great ordeal impending Through their frames cold chills was sending And the moment was before them, Should they stop or Let's go, men? vi 'Twas O'Rourk once again. III In our class was a committee, Gathered both from farm and city, XV ho had made out quite a program For the entertaining show. NVe looked on while CVC1'y actor Took a chew of Schnapps tobacco, And the outcome of the matter I think everyone should know. For our class had sadly fated, And no one expectoratedg Thus the juice accumulating Slowly trickled down their throat. And that juice sure got their goat. fcontinuecl on page I3-0 124