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

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men. How we used to wish we were there! Yet now how little different it seems from the other days. We study more perhaps and possibly do less “rough-housing” ; yet we are still the same boys, always ready for a good time. Our numbers, which were nineteen on entering, have lessened only by two. However, this does not show the changes that have taken place in our class, for we have lost six members and have added four others. Most of these belong to the disreputable civil engineering class, while the others are divided among the other courses. We have not shone brilliantly as scholars, for we have thought too much of good times and class scraps. Per- haps, however, we have managed to come out on top of the heap so far ; and we hope finally at the end of one more year to receive that for which we are all striving — a degree. In our three years at Rhode Island we have had many pleasant times. We have had our class feeds and gatherings that lasted far into the morning. We have often made “Tip” angry by gathering in one room and making a racket when we should have been studying cal culus. We have had pie-eating contests and cocoa sprees, and trips to Wakefield and the Pier; yet through it all we have managed to find a little time for college work. We have had such rare good times that we often regret there will be only one more year of this grand fellowship. Some of us, our president for instance, will be both pleased and disappointed. We shall be sorry to leave the boys, but we shall have other company to take their place. What we shall all do when we get through is a question. We expect that the civil engineers will become famous as builders of bridges, tunnels, or roads. We have two men with us who are sure to become great at fooling with wires and getting shocks. Two skillful farmers are likely to result from the effects of the four-year course ; and, as for chemists, we have one decidedly shining light who we all feel confident will prove an exceptional mixer of chemicals. Most of the men whom we have lost are finishing their education at other colleges situated the world over. We wish them success. What we have done for our Alma Mater in no way compensates us for the good she has done us. Our hope is that the achievements of some of our members will reflect glory on the fame of R. I. C.

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Junior (EIubb F. K. Crandall .... E. F. Smith H. R. Tisdale A. M. Howe Miss Lillian E. Tolman Rhobie Lucelia Cargill James McIntyre Craig Fred Kenyon Crandall Henry Frank French Henry Wallace Gardiner Albert Mendel Howe Walter Knowles Walter John Moran President Vice-President . Secretary T reasurer . . . Honorary Member Louis Earl Moyer Ruby Belle Rockwell James William Salisbury Lewis Slack Elmer Francis Smith Harry Robert Tisdale Ellen Capron Tucker Richard Howes Wheeler History of the Class of 1909 Three years ago we first came to Kingston Hill. Since then many tilings have happened. We shall leave it to yon to decide if we have made any progress. We are proud of our record as Freshmen and as Sophomores, for we managed in both years to conquer our rivals. If you do not remember our doings, look back at our history of the past two years. Now we are through all these trials and tribulations. W e have reached that enviable position of upper class-

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Rhobie Lucelia Cargill This genius was horn on July 4, 1776, or at least on July 4. and so of course we expect great things of her. Little is known of her early career except that she lived up in the Cumberland mountains and grew to be a “high” schoolgirl. Soon after her arrival here she dubbed herself and her “sin twister,” “ Macaroni and Dumplings,” and she has n’t outgrown her part of the name yet. She is one of these shy, studious girls, who never go to class without their lesson and to whom to cut a recitation is a capital-crime. We infer from her “model” notebook that she was at the head of her class when in high school, and she still wishes to be at the head of things. She has always seemed to the faculty and others( ?) to be a dear, gentle creature, who would never stoop to anything in the way of a practical joke ; but we wonder what reply she would make, should she suddenly be asked certain questions in regard to a professor’s overcoat, shredded wheat, etc. When Rhobie first came to us, she was so very sedate that we never thought she would be “one of the girls” and would wear her hair in the latest fashion, viz., “bobbed” ; but we trust all of these minor things will pass away and she will at last receive her sheepskin with 1909, after which she hopes to teach kindergarten in the extreme west. 17 -