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

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Raymond L. Barney, b Providence, R. I. •Slats Applied Science Class Track (2); Class Baseball (1) (2); Glee Club (2) (3); Vice President Nona Dramatic Club (3) ; Soph. Hop Committee (2); Beacon Board (2) (3); Managing Editor (3); Editor-in-Chief 1915 Grist (3); Sergeant (3). . If there is any one reason why the capital city of this state should he called im-Providence. it’s Slats. He is her greatest transgression. While “preping at Classical, this Eiffel Tower absorbed so much Greek that he has been “Greek” to us ever since. From the favored (?) few that know him. we glean that, like the rest of humanity, he has gray matter, but in this case it is granite. However, the two pre- dominating features of his makeup arc his raucous bass voice and yards and yards of legs. If one can imagine a huge phonograph on stilts he has a vividly accurate idea of Slats.” . Listen, sh. Bugs” was elected boss of the (Grist) mill this year and the elongated cuss has started an apprenticeship with a Miller of Narragansett. Will the orchestra play “In a Cottage By the Sea ?” Thank you ! Norman Harrison Borden,© X Providence, R. I. “Nap” Wifey Chemical Engineering Miss Bradford Class Vice President, (1); Glee Club (1) (2); Sudent Council (2) ; Assistant Football Manager (2); Football Manager (3); Class Football (1) (2); Polygon (3); Beacon Board (2): Soph. Hop Committee (2); Corporal Co. A (2); Sergeant- Major (3); Class Debating Team (1); 1915 Grist Board (3). Nap” landed in the wild and wicked village of Kingston three years ago, coming from the Provi- dence Technical High School. The boy has held his own in the field of studies and at the same time has entered into college life with a vengeance. The co-eds have taken considerable of his leisure but we may feel sure that his mind is not entirely with the occupants of Davis Hall for occasionally we hear loud noises about a young lady in Brooklyn. He has earned the position of football manager and also finds time to wander around the Chem. Lab. correcting Freshman notebooks. A marriage license seems to lie his aim in life at present. Kenneth Allen Bownell, Adamsville, R. I. Hack” Chemical Engineering Class Track (1) (2); Varsity Track Squad (1) ( 2 ). Hack” is the eldest son of the family of Adams- ville, R. I., and because of coming here the population of his home town has decreased thirty three per cent., there having been three townspeople when he was at home, his two parents and himself. Still you can ' t blame him for that. This individual, like the majority of the students continues year in and year out on the same routine, sleep, eat, and study. However, “Hack does the mile in good fashion and training for this event has at times kept him away from his daily uneventful toil. 18

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Chestkr Willans Allen son, TA5 Central Falls, R. I. Sheriff” Electrical Engineering Manager Class Baseball (2). In this picture, ladies and gentlemen, is depicted the sheriff. No one would think that this specimen with the vestibule-protected eyes was head of the Kingston police force. Nevertheless this fact is true. In due recognition of the only other policeman in town, it must be said that he is ably assisted by a very active bicycle traffic officer who travel nights and docs black- smithing days. The sheriff is recognized in the northern part of the state as a connoisseur of feminity and probably he will be landed in the matrimonial dragnet before very long, but you may rest assured that the unfor- tunate maiden that does the fishing will be able to master the pasteboards in a game of whist. Clifford A. Allenson, P I K Central Falls, R. T. “Pop” Electrical Engineer Glee Club (1) (2) (3): Assistant Leader (2): Leader (3) ; Class Vice President (2) ; Class Basket- ball ( 1); Soph. Hop Committee (2); Corporal Co. C. (3). Long, lean, and lanky. This specimen stands forth as a flat contradiction of all that should typify a member of the human race. Long dangling arms and a pair of legs that are in keeping with the upper extremities, his feet — yes, dear reader they are feet, even if they only look like portions of his legs turned up, they all point out the fact that their owner is out of place on this earth. Furthermore, it is only these above mentioned feet that prevent this long cool drink from playing the spider on the ceiling with some little bahv “fly” as is his occupation in Central Falls on weekends. “Oh, yes, “Pop” sings, too. and vies with the Lorelei of old. as with the rasping rattle of his rank, ragtime, roar, he lures his fellow men onto the rocks and stays there ducking ripe poultry fruit. Robert William Belfit, B t Winsted, Conn. “Bob “Bel” Chemical Engineering Class Football (2) ; Class Basketball (2) (3) ; Cor- poral (2); Sergeant (3). “Bob” boosted the class membership one when he joined our ranks at the beginning of the Sopohmore year. Previously he had spent a year at Worcester Tech. “Bel hails from Winsted, Conn., where they have recently adopted the stage coach as a means of conveyance, so. gentle reader, form your own opinion. Nevertheless we must admit that he has some vinegar since he made both class football and basketball. In the latter activity he is fairly clever, due, in a great measure, to considerable practice in pitching pennies when he was a street gamin. Although chemically inclined while on our campus yet if you met him in the neighborhood of Smith College, you’d say he was a dude.

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Philip Royal Cloke,A A Kingston, R. I. Peleg” “Phil” Electrical Engineering Class Football (1) (2). After absorbing all the knowledge that the high schools of Trenton, N. J. could offer him, Peleg” decided that New Jersey was no longer a fit place for him to waste his time in, so. despite the fact that he had been star fullback of his “prep” team (which could have trimmed easily Harvard or Yale), lie de- cided to cast his lot with Rhode Island. Just view his handsome features and then take a long draught of smelling salts. They ought to bring you to. Phil” at once made a hit with his fellow- f reshies which fact later resulted in his membership in the law-breaking K. K. K. society and also changed his middle name to “Kletels.” Phil” has never yielded to the temptations of Davis Hall or Wakefield but we suspect that he has a maiden hack in the heart of Jcrscvland. for he is still an ardent enthusiast of the beauties (?) of his home state. Carl Lafayette Coleman, P I K Orange, Mass. Coley Swede Agriculture Varsity Baseball (1) (2); Class Football (1) (2); Varsity Track (1) (2); Class Track (1) (2); Captain (2); Varsity Relay (1) (2). That famous old Chinese philosopher. Lao Tzu. once said. “Nga mi na teau,” which freely translated means “He who comes from Orange is a lemon. “Coley” comes from Orange, Mass. Yes., I was some ' athleticus ' when at Orange High. I played baseball and fooball and was some runner, too. I hate to speak of these facts, hut ' you can’t keep a good man down, as old Jonah said. “Coley” has made good at R. I. in athletics as well as studies. He has big league aspirations and, no doubt, will sign a life contract and join the Wickford Grays of ' the Benedict League after graduating. Lillian Marguerite Donovan Westerly, R. Westerly, 6 :58 ; Kingston, 7 :38 ; Kingston, 5 :0 7 ; Westerly, 5 :43. This is Lillian ' s daily schedule. Saturday included. You see that most of her time is not spent at Kingston. There’s a reason. Lillian, from the first, has had the courage to struggle with applied science. Most of the girls have found it too scientific, but not so in this case. Dignity, true friendship, loyalty, and sticktoittiveness are all found in this lSer. Her most favorite study is Junior Debating. This is where she spends the most enjoyable hour of her work. Often her cheeks become ruddy as she waxes enthusiastic in her speeches. Our best wishes are hers in all her life’s pursuits. 19