University of Rhode Island - Renaissance / Grist Yearbook (Kingston, RI)

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FREDERICK GEORGE KEYES “Fred” “ F. G. F G. KEYES hails from Rochester, New York. Not finding that place large enough to hold him, he came down to show us how to run the Rhode Island College. He has done very well in this line. In his Freshman chemistry, he was able to tell Doctor Leighton more about oxygen than could be found in Remsen. Next he tackled the orchestra prob- lem; and if we are to judge it by the amount of noise it can make, w$ should call it a complete success. His latest achievement in the chemical line has been the manufacturing of artificial lemonade. This has kept Dr. Leighton wondering why the citric acid bottle and sugar can were always empty. His love for English knows no bounds. It is so great that he will take English throughout his Senior year. For the last month he has appeared careworn and seems to have a great load on his mind. We greatly fear that he is develop- ing another of his brilliant schemes for the betterment of the social life at the college; but hoping for the best, we will try to see that he graduates with the Class of ’06.

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LEE LAPLACE HARDING “Kickoff “The Pet Lamb of Watson House” S OME years ago this remarkable person appeared in the town of Lyme, Conn., and immediately proceeded to “tackle” every kind of job in sight, thus showing his football tendencies at a very early age. These jobs varied from plain “farmin’ ” to the distilling of witch-hazel. We under- stand that he cut his teeth on the latter, and from appearances we recommend extract of witch-hazel instead of Mellin’s Food. Of his early education we have only a few stray hints. He went through the district school and “downed” everything mathematical the teacher sent his way. This, no doubt, caused him to wish for other worlds to conquer, and accordingly he packed his grip for Rhode Island College and Doctor Hewes. When Harding first came among us, he was enlisted as an “Aggie;” but a very short trial of this course sufficed to assure him that it did not lie along his way, and accordingly he joined the Highway Engineers. They reminded him somewhat of his first love, Agriculture. His present occupations are playing football in season (and out) and keep- ing the Watson House girls warm. The former pursuit is his favorite and the cause of his nickname, “Kickoff.” He has been busy at Watson House ever since he came here, a fact to which is due his second nickname. His ambitions seem to be to raise football players and to find the minimum amount of energy ' necessary to tangle up a fellow’s bed and other possessi ons so that the fellow must spend the maximum of energy in untangling the same. The future of this personage is as yet a matter of conjecture. We have no doubt of his succeeding, if he will overcome a certain attraction for femininity; and one of these days we shall find him building good roads in some section of the country. Let us hope it will be here. 19

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HOWARD MARTIN NICHOLS Nick ” Doc ” B A | ACK in the eighties, when things were booming in Kenyon, along came “Little Nick.” At an early age his attention was turned toward a col- lege education and accordingly he entered our preparatory school. Here he swept everything in sight with one exception. What was it? Latin! Nick has always had a feeling for languages, dead or alive. The fall of the year 1903 found our little Kenyonite a Freshman; here he met another obstacle. French now became his greatest torment. College algebra and physics were his favorites and his work in these studies was always the best. The end of his Sophomore year ended most of his language sorrows, nothing being left but one more year of English. Analytics and calculus did not trouble him for a minute. We hold only one thing against Nick, and we are sorry to say he is to blame for that. In the early days of his college career he took a liking to chemistry. Now chemistry and 1906 don’t go together; and when our little electrician elected quantitative analysis, the case became too serious to treat in a light way. Something had to be done or he would surely disgrace the class. He only took one term of it, and now he puts in his spare time in either the electrical laboratory or machine shop. He has become such an expert with the Ballistic galvanometer that his results are recognized as standard. The character- istic curves of dynamos are also characteristic of him. He delights in making con- ections with a little souvenir screw-driver which he always carries in his pocket. Like all the rest of the class, he delights in a good roughhouse, and quite frequently he and “Muggsy” get affectionate and feel for each other’s ribs. We are proud of our little classmate for the record he has left. He is the youngest and smallest in our band, but he “gets there” just the same. Nothing ever bothers him and he always has a happy smile for every one. His habits are the best; and even if he does cut chapel once in a while, he always has a good cause. His reg- istration card is always clean on the side where they register the conditions, and he has also formed the habit of never cutting a recitation when he can get there. May his future be as clean as h:s past! We trust the lessons he has learned on the campus and his being an ’06 man will fit him for his future work. He has succeeded pretty well so far, why shouldn’t he always ? 21