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

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MSS Ambrose Royle Chantler, AA Pawtucket, R. I. “Musty” “Brosie” “Casearet” Chemical Engineering Soph. Hop Committee (2). “Brosie” entered high school away back in the dark ages, and in 1912 he decided that he had absorbed all the education that Pawtucket and Woonsocket could afford, so he came to Kingston. In spite of his ridiculous preparatory education he has made good in a scholastic way. “Brosie” is inclined to be somewhat pessimistic of a would-be engineer’s future, and spends hours at a time in trying to find an instance where a chemical engineer has succeeded in life. He is slightly round-shouldered from carrying the burdens of some of his friends. Helena Frances Clarke, 2 T A East Greenwich, R. I. Applied Science Class Secretary ' (3). • You now behold the picture of a most brave and learned person. You’ll admit that any one of our fair co-eds who voluntarily tackles the Chem. option in Applied Science has some courage. However if you ex- pect to obtain much information by loitering in the immediate vicinity you are liable to disappointment. For, if you happen to be a mere male creature, your presence is no t desirable. And also Helena believes in the old theory ' that if you tell everyhodv what you know they will know as much as you do. Nevertheless, all the girls will tell you that when it comes to having a good time, she is one of the bunch. Clarence John Conyers, A A ' k Cranston, R. I. “Jerry” “Clyde’ ’ Agriculture ( lass Football (1) (2); Class Baseball (1); Class t ni (2) ' ars ' y Football (3); Soph. Hop Commit- .lerry arrived from the “Jail Town” in the fall of 1912 and naturally was under suspicion at first. He is a very versatile person. His voice is a rare, ripe tenor, better known as an onion tenor. In the summer he may be seen riding bare-back on one of John D.’s oil wagon horses through the outskirts of Providenee. In the winter he keeps the house warm for his fratcmitv brothers with a heat unit of his own, “The Conyers 1 hermal Unit,” which has a negative value. 24

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IIMSUM XK Wesley Crowell Brigham, P I K Pawtucket, R. I. “Wobble” “Brig” Electrical Engineering Manager Class Football (1); Varsity Football (1) (2); Class Basketball (1) (2); Vice-President Athletic Association (2); Beacon Board (1) (2) (3); Soph. Hop Committee (2); 1916 Grist Board (3); Corporal (2); Sergeant (3). Wesley entered here to pursue a course in chemistry, but after a two years chase he gave up the pursuit and changed to electrical. To look at this picture no one would think that it is the same fat person who is usually seen drifting idly ’round the campus in blue sweater, high waters”, and moccasins, but he is the one. Brig came to us from Pawtucket in 1912 and has been trying to live it down ever since. Brig’s motto es “As we jour- ney through life, let us live by the way”, but “nix” on the cherries. Dorothy Isabelle Burr, 2 T A East Providence, R. I. “Dot” “Dibs” Home Economics Class Vice-President (1). Dot claims Riverside as her present home but we fear that a new port (Newport) will claim her soon. Her chief occupation is watching from any convenient win- dow for a “free man”. Dot is inclined to be musical but the selection which charms her most is a little whistle. What little time Dot has left from this and her studies is claimed by the girls; no fun seeming to be complete without her. Everett Augustus Carleton, 0 X Greenwood, Mass. “Evr” Agriculture Class Football (1) (2). The first stumbling block that “Ev” ran up against was a tongue-tied bell, yet he usually succeeded in find- ing a remedy before it was too late (by the village clock). The second great event in Everett’s college career was his appointment to the honorable position of office boy. As an office boy, he is a success for the fussers. No, he is not a ladies’ man himself, but you can sec him any night, about ten o’clock, prancing toward Davis; he is going to finish some of his office (?) work. 23

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Gilbert Ralph Cordin, P I K Providence, R. I. “Bert” Chemical Engineering Class Football (1) (2); Beacon Board (1) (2) (3); 1916 Crist Board (3); Assistant Manager Baseball (2); Manager (3). Providence thrust this chubby person upon the world in 1892. Sometime later Providence Tech adopted him and in 1912 R. I. S. C. became his nursery. Yes, you are right. He is funny looking. They could not take a profile picture because they would not have been able to get in the extremity of his breathing ap- paratus. Hairy, you say. He is like that all over. Bert is a clever boy just the same, and also some dancer. “Jimmy” said so. Nevertheless, Bert is quite a chemist, and we are sure that his future will be most pleasant and prosperous. Emilie May Curran, 2 T A Pawtucket, R. I. “Shrimp” Home Economics Secretary Y. W. A. A. (2); President (3); Treasurer Y. W. C. U. (2); Vice-President (3); Northfield Dele- gate (1). “Shrimp” came to us in 1912 from Pawtucket, but it isn’t quite as bad as it sounds for she seems to have overcome that handicap. She has developed into a truly R. I. student who is almost as willing to call Providence “home” as Pawtucket. Her favorite pas- time when not “Napping” between the hours of 4.30- 6.00 is library “work”. We predict for her that in- stead of becoming a Food Bacteriologist (as she says she intends) that she will become a dispenser of food in a private boardin’ (Borden) house. Henry Fales Daniels, 0 X Pawtucket, R. I. “Danny” “Hefty” Civil Engineering Band (2) (3); Corporal (2) (3); Soph. Hop Commit- tee (2). “Danny” is surely a high financier, for if he borrows a nickel he is sure to pay it back one cent at a time; while if it be tobacco, one may as well kiss it good-bye. “Hefty” is known as the original hard guy. He ad- mits it himself. He needed neither overcoat nor hat until he froze his face one morning last winter, but since then his flintyness of structure seems to have dis- appeared. His greatest ambition is to hold the rod for “Pa” Webster. We all wish “Hefty” the best of success in the years to come. 25