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

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16 Rhode Island Slate College 1914 Class Roll Officero Honorary Member, Prof. Leonard P. Dickinson. B. S. Harold W. Browning President Herbert Reinf.r Vice-President Olive Nicholson Secretary LeRoy A. Whittaker Treasurer James Hilton Aldred, r A 2 Ashton, R. I. William Edward Anderson Westerly, R. I. Frank Howard Baxter, B o Mansfield, Mass. Robert John Benson, r A 2 Brockton, Mass. Edward James Boulester Providence, R. I. John Brechin, Jr., P. I. K Bristol, R. I. Harold William Browning. ©X Matunuck, R. I. Seth Atherton Caldwell, r AS Woonsocket, R. I. Cedric Hamlin Collins, TAS Berkeley, R. 1. Thomas Rowley Conner Wakefield, R. I. Henry Ellis Davis, P. 1. K Edgewood, R. I. James Russell Estey. B l Slatersville, R. I. Myron Whitmarsh Finch, P. I. K Providence, R. I. Helen Wheeler Ford North Easton, Mass. John Charles Glynn, ©X New London, Conn. Myron Angell Hawkins, B j Providence, R. I. Carleton Walter Jones Providence. R. I. Hermann Harry Karman Providence, R. I. Lorenzo Foster Kinney. Jr..©X Kingston, R. I. Wilfred Ciiipma.n Matthews, A A ♦ Providence, R. I. Leroy Burgess Newton. P. I. K West Barrington, R. I. Olive Nicholson Pawtucket, R. I. Sarah Alice Nicholson Pawtucket, R. I. Milton Harris Price, P. I. K Providence, R. I. Freida Reiner Brooklyn, N. Y. Herbert Reiner, ©X Brooklyn, N. Y. Louis Rossi, B f Westerly, R. I. Edith Marie Safford Lancaster, Mass. Joseph Francis Shea, r A 2 Valley Falls, R. I. Leroy Merton Sherwin, P. . K Quincy, Mass. Aloy Soong Canton, China Harvey Robert Turner Providence, R. I. Adelaide Gilbert Watson Peace Dale, R. I. Richard Ward Weston, B j West Bridgewater, Mass. Leroy Allen Whittaker. P. I. K Central Falls, R. I. Earl Clifton Webster, B l Providence, R. I. Edwin Olney Young East Greenwich, R. I.

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History of the Class of JJ 11 In September, 1910, some sixty-five decidedly green-looking specimens, the finished product of various preparatory schools, alighted from the train at King- ston and inquired the way to Rhode Island State College. We were received in a manner, common to all new-comers at an institution, and soon our green color had entirely made its disappearance. The co-eds of our class soon gave a recep- tion in Davis Hall in honor of the fellows, who through the unexpected appear- ance of the Sophs, had some difficulty in keeping the engagement. Shortly after registration, the President of 1912, called our members together and then we organized as a class and elected our officers for the year. Dr. Sechrist was at that time chosen as our honorary member, but since then he has severed his connections with the institution and Prof. Dickinson now holds this place of distinction. In all athletics during our Freshman year, we displayed marked ability, yet were unable to defeat the Sophomores in any sport. Early in the year, the “Freshman Literary Society was formed, and many interesting programs were arranged. The benefits of this organization were made manifest in our Sopho- more year when 1914 won the Inter-Class Championship in debating. During our Sophomore year we were victorious in all branches of athletics, defeating the Freshman in Football by an overwhelming victory of 22-5. In the class-room, 1914 has made an enviable record, and its members are found to be leaders in all student activities. 1914 is well represented on, and its members are the mainstays of all athletic teams that uphold the honor of Rhode Island. To show our ability and not boast about it has been our slogan. The time is rapidly approaching when it will become necessary for us to assume the dignity of a senior. The fourth and last act of the wonderful play is soon to appear on the stage, the end will come before it can be hardly realized, the curtain slowly fall, and 1914 will exit from the college to which she will ever delight in bringing honor and glory. 15

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James Hilton Aldrkd. r a 2 Ashton, R. 1 “Jimmy” Mechanical Engineering Class Football (I) (2); Scholastic Honors (1) (2) ; Class President (2) ; Chairman Soph. Hop Com- mittees (2); Corporal (3) ; Grist Board (3). “Jimmy entered R. I. in 1909 as a prep, and the following year registered in Mechanical Engineer- ing with the class of 1914. His most prominent hob- bies are four in number: the first is studying, the second plugging, the third grinding, and the fourth military drill. As a result, his path has been strewn with a vast succession of “A’s,” and, after serving faithfully in the ranks for three years, he was promoted, last fall, to the rank of corporal, for dis- tinguished bravery on the field of action. William Edward Anderson Westerly, R. I. “Bill Agriculture Stock Judging Team (2); Secretary Agricultural Club (2); Vice President (3); Corporal Co. C. (3). When the various entrances in the noble halls of R. I. C. were designed, the architects little calcu- lated on Long Bill” ever entering the institution, for he seems to have considerable difficulty in passing through without at least bumping his head on the top casing and stubbing his toe on the sill at the same time. Bill brings forth the idea of the wrong in studying on Sunday. Oh, you Bill, you can’t make us believe that some member of the fair sex is not the real cause of your earnest ef- forts to finish your work before the seventh day. Cheer up Bill, when you are the possesor of the many fine steeds you intend to raise, you will have the advantage of us all in the courting line. Frank Howard Baxter, B l Mansfield, Mass. “Pot” Mechanical Engineering Scholastic Honors (1); Class Football (1) (2); Class Basketball (2); Soph. Hop Committee (2); Corporal Co. B. (2); Varsity Debating Team (2); Mandolin Soloist Glee Club (2) (3); Glee Club (2) (3); Class Debating Team (2); Assistant Manager Varsity Baseball (3): Business Manager 1914 Grist (3); Sergeant Co. B. (3). Who is that tub-shaped image with the four eyes” and the would be rah-rah hair-cut, piking across the campus, with his shoulders bracing back with every melodious note of his corduroy trousers. Ah. no! He’s not a tinsmith or a bass horn player. He’s Hon. F. H. Baxter, alias Pot. This man knows, doubtlessly, more of how to entertain without money a young miss at a swell hotel dinner than anyone else at college with the possible exception of Young, ’13. Pot” is a Bay Stater, coming from Mansfield. Mass. He passed his Freshman year somewhat in darkness, due probably to the fact that he helped a neighboring farmer milk cows and chase the pigs in his spare time. But the second year of his liberal education he spent at the Beta Phi house, where he has become the “bouncer.” 17