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

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SAY, don ' t look so scared! Honest, we didn ' t mean to frighten you. You know way down in your heart that looks don ' t mean much. He really is good-natured and won ' t harm a soul. Abe was a soccer man and one of Tom ' s favorites. He could show some real rough tricks if necessary as he did in Gibraltar when we played the Limies. Some of the Britishers wished they had never gotten in the game be- cause Abe showed ' em how we played. Jim always managed to fool the Ac Department, al- though sometimes they came very near catching up with him. Never suffering from love-sickness probably aided him in this way, although it prevented him from showing proper sympathy for the troubles of a roommate afflicted with all the worries of a true lover. As one can see by glancing at the snapshot of his youthful days, Jim always was more or less salty, and had been introduced to the leeward life line before Youngster cruise. Call away the gig, and notify the Exec that I am going ashore. Soccer Squad ( 4, 5, 2, i), N (j, 2); Class Gym Qz); Expert Kifleman. Mannert Lincoln Abele quincy, massachusetts Abe Jim THIS native son of the Palmetto state learned the first day of Plebe year that the Governor of North Caro- ina really did make a famous statement to the Governor of South Carolina. This knowledge stood him in good stead Plebe year — and occasionally since then. Odd, isn ' t it? By his own statement he is the very model of propriety, yet I have in mind a particular incident of Plebe year Army-Navy game which caused certain of his friends to wonder. The Class of ' 2.5 first claimed Still as one of its mem- bers, but the Acs, which have been the undoing of many a good man, got time on him before he realized what was up, hence his presence in our own illustrious midst. The race, however, is not always to the swift, and Everett has since shown that he possesses better stuff than the Ac Dept. thought. Quite unassuming, with an easy going disposition. Still has made many friends who all hope that he can meet all life ' s problems with the same quiet assurance with which he has taken the blows of Academy life. Here ' s to you Still. May vou have a long, happy, successful naval career with lots of pleasant duty. 369

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William Wallace Anderson, Jr. lexington, kentucky Andy Bill Savvy A SCHOLARLY dilettante — overly given to taking life too seriously yet occasionally showing the boy in him bv his humorous wise cracks or plavful scuffles. At times he becomes so light we wish Henry Ortland had devised lead instead of wooden shoes for this mem- ber of the swimming squad. Yes, the lad has athletic aspirations and each winter forsakes us proletarians to chow on toast at the training table. In Wallace we also find one of the few leaders of the Navy. Just how good a leader might be found out by consulting a certain Com- mander. Yet we are always ready to follow Andy even though he again leads us to the lofts of Dahlgren Hall. Wallace likes to kid himself into thinking he is a happy combination of Snake and Red Mike but we think the reptilian characteristics predominate. Unlike his simian comrades he does not swing from the trees. He is, with- out doubt, savvy, but carries his laurels with a modest grace which has won him the good will of all. Aw, come off that limb! Associate Editor Lucky Bag; Tndeiit M.agazjne Staff; Trident Society (j, 2, ); Class Swimming Q4); Swimming Squad (jj, 2, ); Class Supper Committee; Star 0, 5, 2, ). PEALS of laughter rent the quiet of the corridor. Break- ing into our domicile we found our better half in shocking dishabille rendering an Abyssinian torso dance. Ceasing in this he regaled the visitors with his version of a sarcastic sneer, and with a beatific smile said, nighty- night and pulled the covers over his cherubic gonk. That was Eddie. In his more collected moments this son of the wooden nutmeg state displayed his Yankee ingen- uity by oiling the window shades or tearing up the light switch to discover its modus operandi. Plebe year it was his delight to bait unwary A. M. C. ' s with his automatic window closing device. But his greatest joy was an opportunity to crack wise or give someone the razz. At times the lad returned home with his shirt in shreds, to proclaim with beaming countenance the success of his evening. But his gay and flippant exterior only masks a sincere and generous heart which refuses nothing for a friend. When the Angel Gabriel sounds the call to heave out and lash up, Shrimp will be there with a quip at the expense of the good saint ' s dignity. And later, whether rendering jazz on a golden harp or stoking fiercely with an Infernal slice bar, he will prove a hard and loyal worker for the Power that claims him. Lucky Bag Class Lacrosse ( 4, i); Masquerader Stage Gang (2, i); Reception Committee ( ). 370 Edward Loomis Bradley Weimer bridgeport, connecticut Eddie Shrimp