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

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3 THE GRIST y lioir CSas o Officers Burton Kenneth Harris Edward Anthony Comuer . Dorothy Walcott Caldwell Irving Calvary Mitchell President Vice-President Secretary . Treasurer M®ini©iraB p y Member Marshall Henry Tyler Harry Benjamin Albro Carmen Nichols Andrews Charles Enoch Angilly Dorothy Walcott Caldwell Edward Anthony Comber Louis Church Easterbrooks Gustav Adolf Falk Clyde Ronald Gilchrest Burton Kenneth Harris Ralph Marshall Hazard Patrick Joseph Healy Robert Willard Kent Annie Eliza Kenyon Charles Augustus Leonard Arthur Jacob Minor Irving Calvary Mitchell William Thomas Neal Stephen Quinn Benjamin Rowland Robinson Rudolf William Ruprecht Howard Albert Safford Ceylon Raymond Wade William Joseph Whalen Ellery Harrison Wheeler 22

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THE GRIST History ©if ftk® Class off 191 ® Four years ago, as newcomers to the institution, our class felt happy at being allowed to recount, in the 1908 Grist, the struggles of that never-to-be-forgotten Freshman year. A year later our Sophomore adventures were related in a similar way, and again as Juniors and Grist publishers we dwelt upon this seemingly inexhaustible subject until, if the tale of our jolts and bumps over the so-called flowery paths of knowledge is not already well told, ours is the fault. As Seniors now, it is for us to say farewell. The path we have travelled was rough and thorny in places, but there has been sunshine along the way; and both through the thorns and through the sunshine we have learned to love old Kingston Hill, to love our college, and we like not the thought of parting. The allotted four years, nevertheless, are nearly spent; the time is at hand when our history must close, our companionship end, and we must bid farewell to each other and to our college. The companionship of those four years has been a pleasant one. Our numbers have suffered some diminution each year, until out of twenty-six Freshmen, there remain seventeen who expect their degree, a fact which carries some suggestion of the strenuous path which we have trod. Of the first three years of the journey there is little to add to what has already been told. The record is not of unbroken victor} ' ; but in it there is nothing of which we are ashamed, nor any instance wherein the class has failed to do its best and fight its best, whether in a losing or a winning battle. In victory and in defeat the class has stood together and learned well the lesson of cooperation and unity. The experience has made us firm friends one with another, and we shall in future years preserve that bond of friendship wherever w T e may chance to meet. As we look back upon the past, there are some things which stand out from the others, and in which we may take particular pride, but there is none more important than this class friendship, unity and loyalty. In athletics, in the social, literary, military and other college activities, the influence of 1910 has been felt, and withal there are some good students among us. All of this is very well, and to the classes who come after us we would say, do your best in these things but above all cultivate loyalty, to your college, your class, and to one another, for this is the basis of college spirit. If we were to boast, which is a common failing in class histories, it would be of the degree to which we have cultivated this spirit. Confident, therefore, that whatever the future may have in store for us, our loyalty and love for our college and our college friends will endure, we once more bid you farewell. 21

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THE GRIST History @f ftk® Class of 19111 In the fall of nineteen hundred and seven a band of young men and women took up their abode at the R. 1. C. There they became known as the class of nineteen and eleven. Before we had fairly settled, a swarm of bold men called Sophomores descended upon us and tried to engage in mortal combat Math us. Being a peace-loving people, however, we resented this intrusion and started to punish the intruders by tying each one hand and foot, putting them in a place of seclusion, and giving them the rest cure. “Prexy,” however, took pity on them and made us let them go. Then a few of the strongest (?) members of our class decided they would like to have a rope pull, and accordingly a tug of war was arranged between the two classes. The result proved disastrous for our class for we, being naturally peacefully inclined, were not versed in the art of selecting the best site for defence. Immediately after this the class of nineteen eleA ' en took it upon themselves to become versed in the art of military science, with the result that we have never met defeat at the hands of any class team since. Baseball, basketball, football, and track — we have so far always been successful in these sports and this success has been due, not so much to talent, although we have plenty, as to faithful and oftimes, tedious practice. The efforts of the class of nineteen eleven, however, have not been confined to athletics alone, but have also been directed to the social life at the college. We ran