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

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Ruby Belle Rockwell She came to us with a card which informed us that she was from Sylvania, or, in other words, “the woods.’’ You can recognize at a glance that she is a Pennsylvania Dutchman, and of us all the best one to hold the class down. Her earliest life we know very little about, for none of us have explored the “Great West,” whence she came. It is evident, however, that her native land is capable of producing “large” characters. Her acquaintance with Rhode Island College began in the Prep. School, where she learned not all her “A, B, C’s” but only “A’s.” She regrets that since her college course began she has learned the others. When she first opened the college catalogue, her attention was attracted by the similarity of subjects under the chemical course, and she determined to become a chemist ; though of late she has contem- plated making a change, for she thinks that domestic science will be more in her line. While her first purpose holds good, whenever you go into the chemical laboratory you will discover, amid the rows of bottles, first a grin, then a person. She spends all her time there now with the hope that she will some day master the chemist’s law of “Patience and Per-sev ' -er-ance” and become a Ph.D. As her nature is quite changeable, the future alone will reveal her destiny. There have been rumors that we shall some day hear of her as instructor of a little school of natives far, far away in Porto Rico.

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Louis Earl Moyer « BUI” Once upon a time in the excellent state of New York something happened, which was to be known to posterity as Louis Earl Moyer. His early life was spent in various parts of the universe ; but he finally settled in Dexter, where he grew up among the flowers and fairies. He began his life at R. I. C. in the spring, a time when all good things are supposed to begin. Shortly after his arrival, he was chris- tened “The Lost Soul” and later “Felix,” which is a derivative of “Foolix.” During the first term here he became very familiar with the road between Kingston and Wakefield ; but since then he has not worn out so many shoes, bicycles, and roads, although he still journeys that way occasionally. Just now he is troubled much with a peculiar disease known as “feminitis,” which affects the heart to a great extent. His is a very curious case, owing to the fact that “he likes them all” and does n’t know which one to choose ; but he is at present taking the “telephone cure.” He is a sunny sort of fellow, very talkative and entertaining, also an excellent singer, except that he lacks a voice, which is very sad, especially for his roommates. At present he is “studying” civil engineering and the use of the slide rule. Some day, without doubt, he will be a good citizen, and a valuable addition to the civil engineering world.

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James William Salisbury To furnish an adequate sketch of James William Salisbury is quite beyond the writer, but a few incidents of his very strenuous life may here be told. He either was born or grew in Bristol, R. I., away back in the latter part of the nineteenth century. He went to the public schools of that town until he entered our Freshman class in the spring term. For the first two years he captured mostly A’s and B’s for marks, but soon became educated like the rest of us ; so now he gets D’s. During the fall term of his Sophomore year he and several other Sophs cut a week, in order to entertain a few Freshmen whom they had tied up. They had a spread up in the top of Slack’s barn, after which they walked to Wakefield, where they were met by Crandall, who said that Prexy wished to give them his blessing. Salisbury played quarter-back on the Sophomore football team, which won out against the 1910 team. During the spring term he took an important part in the Sophomore hop. He belongs to the two old and famous fraternities of R. I. C., the “Ockish” and the “Blivy” clubs, which have seven regular and twenty-three special meetings every week. His friends and others have bestowed upon him the following nicknames, “Sal,” “Jack,” and “Jimmie.” by which he is commonly known and to all of which he readily answers. He has a bright future before him, and would make a good poli- tician, as he is fond of debating. When he graduates, he will accept a position as private secretary to Air. Blank of Fifth Avenue, New York. We can say no more except that he likes Rose” and “Brown(e)” in colors. 27