United States Naval Academy - Lucky Bag Yearbook (Annapolis, MD)

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JAMES WALTER WHITFIELD Farnhurst, Delaware Jimmy Jimes Jimwhiffiel Football Numerals (4); Expert Rifleman; Buzzard ' T ' M dragging tonight, sit in the balcony and watch the girls. Well, Jimmy is dragging J- a Blood again. If you want to get him mad, ask him about June Week, 1916, when he and the Ninth Company Wrench broke out in full regalia — the thin time is impossible to describe. His Podunk is , Delaware, but he said himself that was nowhere, and then you know the DuPonts come from around those parts. Jimmy went out for football plebe and youngster years, but the call of the radiator beckoned to this jocular Hibernian, his correspondence was very heavy, and then, often on Wednesday afternoon he would be found waiting for some Madame X at the main gate. His intense craving for feminine diversion culminated in his buying a Henry Ford road- ster, and from that time carburetor and tires have been the main theme of gossip, prob- ably to cope with the 6-cylinder elite of surrounding cities. Jimes often thinks himself nearly unsat, and the Academics keep him always busy. This is an excellent incentive to work, and Jimmy usually comes out with a 3.0 after his strug- gles with Doc Zeuner and the Cow ' s RI drops. Jimmy is a hard fellow to understand, yet those who know him want no better man for a friend. Here ' s the best of luck to him — We hear he is going to reck for the Philadelphia Navy Yard and become a crab in the Back Channel — you can scarcely have failed to guess his reasons. 218

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THEODORE FRELINGHUYSEN CLARK WALKER Camden, N. J. Preacher Deacon T. F. C. One Stripe; Expert Rifleman IF the Navy had all the money it has spent in good paper and ink, in printing the name Theodore Frelinghuysen Clark Walker, it could build another battleship. One would never suspect that Deacon would carry all that deep Six name, a look at which almost makes you smell limburger and hot dogs. In contrast Deacon himself is a clear-cut lad, bearing none of the marks popularly associated with Dutchmen. Nevertheless, he is proud of his name and never loses a chance to praise to the skies the countrymen of his fore- fathers, particularly the military leaders thereof. The Deacon has broken the precedent for preachers ' sons, in that he is strictly a normal human being. But he has the same old fault. Under the influence of Nookie he started out to be a real fusser, but for some unknown reason he lost confidence, knocked off drag- ging, and confined himself to the lookers-on. From this stage he drifted to worse. Now he is a most ardent long distance lover. The balcony is about as close as he ventures at the present time, and from this elevated position he has been known to overlook the hop for seventeen dances. Rare sport! The only possible explanation is that he must have been looking for a Blondie, for it is no secret that Theo is partial to the blondes. Just men- tion a femme and he is all ears to find if she is of that type. If she is not, his interest immediately disappears. Deacon has always been a reg Mid, even as a plebe. That is, until second class year, when he fell victim to the filthy weed. His ladylike manner of smoking called forth many jocular re- marks from the hardened fiends. By the end of first class year he did learn to roll a smokable Bull Skag. Quite an achieve- ment in itself! Before he took up this pastime, his favorite sport during his leisure hours was to join some Fest where he could listen, rave about blondies, and boast of Camden.

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n Dubois wilson Clarksburg, W. Va. Julian Woodrow Doonie Football Numerals (4); Rifle Squad (4, 3, 2); rNt First Class Rifle Championship; Buzzard JULIAN came to us after a preparatory course at Shad ' s Battle Works, and for this reason his first impressions of Washington are very interesting to the listener. He orig- inally came from the oil fields of West Virginia, and Julie tells us many Get Rich Quick Wallingford stories of this marvelous country. He went out for football and worked hard plebe year, and for the time he was out show- ed excellent stuff, but the abolition of the class teams put an end to his ambition. By hard work since then he has won his letter on the rifle team, and first class year he was lucky enough to win the class rifle championship. He is the one to whom many of his classmates desirous of attending the hops wander, and his comprehensive Lloyd ' s, compiled by femme cuties and containing all the semi- naries and girls ' colleges in alphabetical order, is well thumbed as a reference book. Doonie is a steady fusser himself, too, though you can ' t tell how much of his straying is attributable to his famous roommate. Julian had easy sailing after his first brush with the Academic Departments, until he delved into the mysteries of analytical mechanics second class year, and here he nearly struck a rock, but after his instructor had given up hope he kept up persistent work, and still remains one of the pampered pets. Julie is simple in his thoughts and actions, with no craving for sensationalism. Frankly, we never expect him to startle the world, and he doesn ' t expect to, but when you want something done it will be done if you leave it to him. 219