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

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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

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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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William Earlf. Dodge, Block Island, R. I. Scup” “Tal Civil Engineering Varisty Track (1) (2); Relay Team (2); Olee Club (2) (3) ; President Tennis Club (2) ; Secretary Athletic Association (3). This great personality joined us in the latter part of our freshmen year after being rusticated from Brown for over-indulgence in heaving H2 U. in which art and science he yields to r.o one. In ap- pearance •‘Scup reminds us of the Salamander of of the Silurian Age. To those disbelievers of Dar- win’s Origin of Species” “Scup” is a good reminder of our monkey ancestors. He has willed himself to the Rockefeller Medical Research Society so that future generations may have the missing link ot Darwin ' s theory. . . . The following inscription will be chiseled on Ins monument: „ W. E. Dodge, R. I. S. C.. 1915. The Second Shelley, Ingersoll, and Hubbard. Eugene Joseph Flaherty, PIK N. Attleboro, Mass. “Gene” Electrical Engineering Class Football (1) ; Member Class Executive Com- mittee (1); Class Basketball Manager (1); Class Baseball (1) (2); Soph Hop Committee (2) : Class Track Team (1) (2) ; Corporal (2) ; Class Basketball (2) (3); Class Secretary (3); First Sergeant (3). Xorth Attleboro? Where is that place? Well, that question was permanently settled when “Gene blew into Kingston back in 1911. Although an engineer, “his Knibs finds plenty of time for other pursuits and is there strong when it comes to rough-housing or the manly art. His is a familiar face on all our class teams and he unfailingly succeeds in winning the ardent support of the fair sex on the side lines. During the early part of the Junior year “Gene joined a certain club but on account of a chronic case of Lilabilitis. (a disease affecting the pericardical tissues, and generally occurring in youth), he was forced to quit. However, it was his own desire to resign and you can tell by the continual serious look of his countenance that he has more on his mind than he tells us about. Curtis Wolcott Gates, P I K New London, Conn. “ Lizzie” “Curses” Chemical Engineer. Scholastic Honors (1) (2) ; Beacon Board (1) (2) (3); Assistant Manager (3); Corporal (2); First Sergeant (3t ; Business Manager 1915 Grist (3). Before you read further, stop a minute and care- fully study what may be pictured here. It is a person, our Lizzie. The first time we realized his boyish importance was when he received an appoint- ment of office boy for the Beacon management. He was a very dutiful child and at the beginning of the present year we were informed that he had been promoted to the janitorship of the same concern. He also has been lady-in-waiting for Prof. Tyler’s cow and in the capacity of chore-boy for one of our village matrons attained the supermasculine breadth of chest you see here displayed. With the fatherly guidance of his two beloved roommates he will possibly amount to something some day. Their motto is “Where there is life there is hope.” 20