St Johns College - Yearbook (Annapolis, MD)

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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

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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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