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

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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

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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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“Lewis” Lewis Slack Slack, good people, came to us some years ago with admission tickets from the public schools of Cliua Village, Maine, and from the Mount Hermon biblical school of Massachusetts. However, he has lived in most all the New England states and traveled in a great many others, either on foot or on a bicycle. In early youth he learned the use of the revolver( ?) and the mightiness of the check book. Among his belongings to-day he has the wreckage of a monetary system and a young arsenal. His hobby is to be a civil engineer; and as it is only a question of time, no doubt he will be — some day. In algebra he has no equal, the same with French and English. Slack showed us he had good football ability, playing a strong, consistent game at end, using his head considerably , and earning an R. I. in his Freshman year. He dabbled some in basketball, but gave it up on account of an inability to distinguish between the two baskets. That he is practical is seen in the numerous lab. experiments performed by him. Some phenomena noted by Slack have astounded us. Last summer, after spending much time and money, he discovered for the medical world that Sissonitis is contagious. As a host, Lewis is at his best. Too much cannot be said of his genial hospitality; and sooner or later there are very few R. I. students who do not have an opportunity to accept it. His class spirit has manifested itself in several well-laid “’09” feasts, while the “Ockish Brotherhood utter silent prayers of thanks for the numerous good times enjoyed on Slack. As his home is in Kingston, he is able to entertain thus. Yes, many a heart has he succeeded in winning through the stomach. Lewis is very popular, being a member of the Canoe Club,” “Blivy Club,” “Fussin’ Club,” Freshman, Sophomore, and Junior classes. And so, friends, we will leave Slack, wise and otherwise, hoping to exonerate ourselves from any suspicion of thought by saying that those who know him best love him.