St Johns College - Yearbook (Annapolis, MD)

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l9l7 IRA BRYANT TALTON, ull'8,n uRedB,, Pocomoiclz Crrv, Mn. SL'I.t'lIfiflC. Kappa fllfvlnz Fl'lIft'I'Illfy. Secretary Y. M. C. A. Q21 Treasurer V. M. C. A. C3, 45 5 Rat-'Vat Board C35 1 Philokalian Literary Society Cl, 2, 3, 45 3 june Hall Committee fjbg First Cor- poral Company B C4D. F Motto: Eat, drink and be marry, for 1 , tomorrow we may have wrirf' E1-IOLD in Ira a combination of qualities such as were never before nor since aggre- gated in any one individual. ln life Ira's ambition until recently has been hidden in ,wvp a haze of indetermination and uncertainty, but lately he has blossomed out as a full- fflfffld blown candidate for a commission in the Marine Corps. To this we have only one objection, feeling as we do a certain amount of sympathy for the fair sex. We dread to think of the broken hearts he would leave behind him in the many ports of his cruise. Indeed, in recent years, he has been quite a bird in his feminine conquests, and like a bird Hitting from place to place. just as one thinks he and some nice girl are settled down, away he Hies to another and so it goes. As a student, while never leading his class and in spite of being handicapped by being a member of the Veteran Corps in Math. II, im will graduate with his class which proves his powers to ns who now. Athletics as a whole have never been a bee in his bonnet, but being an advocate of new thought he is a thorough health propa- gandist, and many are the times that his long suffering wife wakes to the sight of old Reds in the dim chill of the morning going through his exercises. Friend, the writer has looked him over well and of Ira we can say nothing but the best, a more generous rival, amiable companion and a truer friend no man ever had. 64 it

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c l9l7 JOHN MURDOCK STORM, HJ0l'll'll'lie,n uMBUd,, ltoonsnoko, Mn. l.aIi11-.S'c1'v11li1'ie. Kappa Alplm F1'ult'1'uily. Class Treasurer te, 3, -U5 HOD COIN- mittee fjlj Rat-Tat Board 435: June llall Committee itll: C0llC!-Ilfllln Uoflffl C3, 455 Boarding Club Q45 I Senior Rille Club te, 3, 45. 771 Motto: 'l'l1e dew' that made HUUHS- ' bum famous. N'l'O the jaws of Death, into the mouth of Hell walked John Storm one day in' the latter part of September, 1913. Up to that date, this unique personage was an indi- K,4,g,q,G vidual unheard of outside of Washington County, not having comnntted any mur- sfsfsaa- ders or violent breaches of the peace, and not having been murdered. these methods the only way to gain notoriety in that county. But, after that date, it was a ease of bottlin- mores to the right of him, Sophomores to the left of him, Sophomorcs in front ot him, Sopho- mores behind him. His every endeavor met with opposition, and he was mangled, mutilated and all but massacred. - In a few months, however, his trials were past, and the then per- fect Johnnie wept, Alexander-like, because he could see no new worlds to conquer. Then by chance he turned his gaze upon the feminine world, and from thenceforth, he has ever endeavored to untie a Gordian knot, which seems to him impossible of performance. Many a better man has met defeat in tackling this same proposition so Murdock need have no cause to feel downeast. This year to the surprise of everyone fincluding himselfj john sud- denly blossomed forth as the leader of the Junior Class. lint, after receiving the congratulations of Dr. Fell and holding the center of the stage for a couple of months, John, like the comet that he is, retired into blissful rest and oblivion. In june the comet will reappear above the horizon of his studies, a victor over all his tribulations. Then will follow a second retirement into the mountains of Washington County, and a final and far greater appearance in that county as the supreme success of them all. l 63

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I9l7 GUY DOUGLAS THOMPSON, Doug , Barrel ANNA1'oi.is, Mn. l.tlfIilI'Sl'il'IIflifff. Phi Sligllltl lfufifiti l:I'tIft'l'Ilffj'. junior Rifle Club CI, 2, 3,3 3 Hop Com- mittee tg, 43 3 Rat-'liat Board L33 g Marksman tl, 2, 33 5 Second Team Foot- ball 1355 Sergeant Co. A C333 Lieu- tenant Co. A C43. Q E 3 Motto: 'Z-HI ll11'ngs num' lu him who , lll1nI.v. AME, Guy D. 'l'hompson. lleight, 5 feet Qle inches. Wfeight, 287 pounds. llair. black. This is the description of the largest animal yet discovered on St. john's soil. Sometime, back in the eighties, the college campus was weighted down by the then developing physique of the only human elephant in existence. lly a careful pro- cess of cultivation, this mass gf liufilan tlesh has assumed an appearance almost man-like, though somewhat akin to the arre. Doug is the living proof of the fact that fat men can danee. To put it in syllogistic form : Doug Thompson can dance Doug Thompson is fat. Tlierefore fat men can dance. liut Doug has :mother hobby. lt is to hunt. Again, he seems to forget his weight and to become as active as any normal man. Nothing pleases him more than to shoulder his gun, assemble his dogs, and with one or two amateurs to praise his efforts, to hunt and hunt and hunt-until Kingdom Come if necessary. ln his Freshman and Sophomore years, Doug was. to speak a la slang on the blink insofar as the military life did not interfere with the other necessary phases of college activities. But when the mil- itary life interfered with other things, then Doug dropped the mil- itary life. But today he is a full-fledged lieutenant. I-le has been successful at St. john's. and it is our earnest wish that this same success will follow him to his dying day. 65