St Johns College - Yearbook (Annapolis, MD)

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5 ll pi Ant ,,,, ..'1,,M,,!A Q ,,,Zm,,Q,,,W lVe left in -Inne, vowing to pass on to 'IS what '16 had passed on to ns. llut when we returned it was absolutely nothin' doin '. The faculty bravely shel- tered the poor little homesick lads who entered St. john's that fall. lly the way, it was a cruel fact for us that the g'duster was cremated and the G. O. H. buried. NVQ were the last class to be valets and the first class to do without, them. And we were awarded twenty-five demerits per capita because the kind Com- mittee on Discipline did not approve of our method of officially augmenting the class, as will soon be mentioned. Our ranks looked somewhat depleted as we began our second year, but we soon found a young multitude to take their places. Six f'regulars and eight pre-medios were added to ,I7. The former were Cox, Crum, AX. ll. Noble, Stanford, llurgess and Spicknall: the latter, llrown, Gleason, Sheppard, l l. Mc' Comas, XVest, Dunphy, llorine and llowen. All these became sophs,', but not without due ceremony, which took place on the instalment plan. Holy Cross Dunphy et al. did the Statue of Liberty act, and some others in Number one. Number two was featured by a musicale in which Cox's yodeling was accom- panied by a Victrola, consisting of a trunk and Houston Noble. An outdoor party to Dick llurgess in March completed the initiations. Carey Jarman was chosen to pilot '17 in her Sophomore year, and we have not permitted him to leave the bridge to this day. 73

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11 lill I ig' Z A .4 .,,, L .MA ,,,, l Sveninr Miaiurg A, 1 GREAT ravine lies between tl1e 'iii tl1ird XV d1e'l ' S1 ti b ' cgvlgk N e 1 sc ay 111 cp ein e1, g1f,f.,,' lQI3, a11d tl1e present day. lts .- X fyy1 N . . . . width IS four years of t1111eg its deptl1 is tl1e cl1a11ges Zlllfl ll2l1JPCl1- l :i'1 'V' ' 'f' ings which l1ave taken place during tl1e CV0ll1llOl1 of a 1111111ber of youths i11to a body of St. john's 111e11. Stern l1l'2ltlltlO1l has allotted to tl1e poor historian tl1e task of bridging tl1is ravine. ln glancing Zl1'0Lll1Cl for buildi11g material l1c finds Ollly tl1e chronicling of tl1e various lllCitlCl1tS of llllllly moons of college life at his disposal. The vast majority of tl1e lllCl11lJCI'S of tl1e Class of IQI7 assembled in tl1e course of tl1e second half of September, A. D. lQl3. NVQ l1ailed from tl1e backwoods, the country, tl1e suburbs a11d the city: from llaltimore, the Wfestcrn Shore, tl1e Eastern Sho' a11d from outside of Maryland. We walked up the Sacred Lane Zllltl crossed over tl1e grass, witl1 which we ble11ded perfectly, though we did llOf know it. llut others did, a11d our l'll0VCl11ClltS about tl1e campus a11d its buildings were soon restrained by sixteen don'ts and 111usts, wl1icl1 were rigidly enforced by his majesty, tl1e persuader, in tl1e hands of tl1e relined CU sopl1s. At the tirst class 111eeti11g we elected tl1e othcers wl1o were to guide us through tl1e storms of our freshman year. They we1'e: Langha111me1', president, Guest, vice-president, Little, secretary gl Gordy, treasurer, VVeaver, l1istorian. We IIOW settled dow11 to work, which, althougl1 frequently interrupted by tl1e lusty application of tl1e slat tat tl1e old grand- Stillltl and otherwheresj showed a fairly good result. XVe always l1ad a good 11u111ber of 111011 011 the l1OI101' roll. Cllfflllilll, Price a11d von SCl1WCl'Clt1lC1' were tl1e first tl1ree at the Cllfl of tl1e year, the last Hl6l'ltlO11CCl leading. In tl1e lllllillll'-Y department we could but do our duty in tl1e rear rank. O11 tl1e gl'lClll'011 XfVood- ward a11d Phelps saw actio11 i11 most of tl1e first tea111 games, and 'lZ1l'IT1ZlI1, 'l'arbutton, Noble, VVeaver a11d Langhammer played on tl1e reserves. 'Weaver Elllfl Jarn1an Sl10VVCCl promise in basket-ball, while the lat- ter and Freeny bCCZl.l11C fixtures O11 the 'Varsity baseball nine. 72

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N3 5? A M ,,,, L .amd ,,,, 4 i ii In scholastic work Cox led the field' with a splendid average. Price, Curf- man and von Schwerdtner were not far behind. The athletic teams had their quota of TI7 men. J. W. Noble and liowen played end and half, respectively, onthe eleven, Jarman, Dunphy and Weaver received their S. J. C.'s on the basket- ball teamg Brown was the third of the class to make his mark on the diamond, Fell and Goldsborough were one and two on the tennis team, and the two Nobles shared fourth place on the relay team. Qn the drill grounds we had nine corporals. The opening of Junior year found a goodly number of the class on the retired list. The embryo doctors had gone to the University, and others saw fit to enter business. Those who returned won- dered what the year had in store for them in the H y 4 way of non-com appointments. Jarman and Freeny were the two First Sergeants, Sommer- ville was Battalion Quartermaster-Sergeant, and l'rice was Principal musician. This gave us four positions often held by Seniors. Our R.x'1'-Tiw, of which Cox was editor-in- chief, was an exceptionally good one, as it was full of new ideas. Our June Ball Committee made the Farewell Ball a brilliant success. The middle of that year was clouded by Som- merville's untimely death. He was one of the truly loyal members of the class, and one to whose jovility we owe many a pleasant hour. In athletics four mo1'e ,I7 men received,monograms-Crum and VVoodward for football, Burgess for baseball and A. H. Noble for track. In studies Cox, von Schwerdtner and Curfman received certificates, and Hnished in the order named. The advent of the Senior year found our class increased in number. There were the leftovers from last year--Andrew, Bowers, Brashears, Thompson, Davidson and Jewell--was well as Vtfaller from Wasliington College. 74