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

 - Class of 1911

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THE GRIST “Eddie” first sprang into existence and prominence in the West Indies. At an early age his parents, wishing to ensure a good education for their son, moved to Narragansett Pier, where they would be near the R. I. S. C. After hurrying through grammar school, “Ed” could not wait to go to high school and so entered the preparatory school at the college. Accordingly the fall of 1907 saw him entering the college proper with the class of 1911, wise boy, with a reputation as a student and as a ball player. In both of these he has sustained his reputation. “Ed” was a member of our class baseball team from the start, and as a pitcher, has done a good deal towards the victories we have won. “Ed” is a member of the fire department at the Pier, and although he has not had any chance to distinguish himself as a fireman there, he has had an opportu nity here at the college. During the last fire at the mechanical building, it was “Eddie” who was in the thick of the fight, and soiled his white stripes and got thoroughly wet by an inexperienced hand at the fire hose. He has always been a day student, traveling back and forth between here and the Pier. His popularity in the girls’ wagon is with- out question. He is also a member of the Sigma Delta fraternity. Very recently he was obliged to leave for reasons best known to himself, and we all mourned his parting very much. We hope that he will be with us again next fall ; and as he is known for his sagacity, there is no doubt but the beginning of the next school year will see him back on Kingston Hill. We shall all look for him anxiously, and feel that we have lost something until he is with us once more. 29

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THE GRIST c “ Dorothy ” “You can fool all of the people some of the time, and you can fool some of the people all of the time, but you can’t fool all of the people all of the time.” And so Dorothy found that she couldn’t live on her past reputation when it came to dealing with M. I. T. graduates: even angels can’t raise the standards of some places and some people. As far back as one can recall, Room 31 has had the reputation of being noisy and lazy, and even the entrance of Dorothy and her angelic roommates could not change these characteristics. As after several months she discovered that she had been wasting too much time influencing the younger (?) girls to do things which they ought not, with the advice of “her elders”, she decided that it would be best for her to sever her connection with the college. So the day after “Thanksgiving”, Room 31 donned sackcloth and ashes for the sudden passing away of its beloved Dorothy. After a couple of weeks’ vacation she returned to retrieve her past record, but not in Room 31. Did she do it? Ask “Them.” Among Dorothy’s many accomplishments may be mentioned her wonderful ability to feed a dozen hungry people from one small chafing- dish. How she does it, we do not know or care so long as we are among those well fed. She is secretary of the class of 1911, was captain of the girls’ basketball team last year, and is also a member of The Beacon board and reports some Davis Hall news. Dorothy is occupying her spare time by taking the civil-engineering course and expects immediately upon graduating to build a railroad between Hope Valley and Woonsocket. 28



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“ Elsie ” THE GRIST L© uiii§ CKwdk E §ft@irlbir©©]k§ Louis, or “Elsie,” as he is better known, began his journey through life a few days after Christmas, 1S89, in the town of Bristol, R. I. The first few years of his existence were spent there learning his A, B, C’s. We next hear of him in the Washington, J). C. High School. In 1906 he bobbed up among the bunch of Freshmen arriving at R. I. C. A year later, we see him wavering between the two classes, 1910 and 1911, undecided with which to cast his lot. In 1908, having tried all of the engineering courses, he decided to make Agriculture his life study and (he also decided) to join the class of 1911. He has been with us ever since and we hope to see him among those receiving their sheepskins next year. Like all the rest of us, he soon learned that all roads lead to Wake- field, or rather to Gould’s Crossing: but since the last military ball, all roads seem to lead to Mystic and Providence. In truth, hardly a town or city which he has visited but holds some fair maid smitten by our classmate. Last summer he was one of the students who helped pull old Davis apart, and so much did he love his work that even while sleeping he kept at his task. If you had passed his door during those nights, you might have heard him calling, “Look out for the big timber.” Although he has not yet made his R. I., we hope to see him get it this year in basketball. If he has not shone in varsity athletics, he has been on all of his class teams, being captain of the basketball team, last year and this, also captain of the second team. He is a member of the 2. A. With all his faults, which are but few, we love him still, and can safely predict a bright and prosperous future for our “Elsie.” 30

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