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

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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

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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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Wilfred Ross Easterbrooks, A X A Wakefield, R. I. “Geek” “Easty” Civil Engineering Class Track (1). The reason that this gentleman’s head is so far from his body is on account of the length of his neck. Of this specific part of his gigantic form there has been circulated an astounding story which claims that “Easty” can sit in his home in Wakefield of an evening and stretch his neck down to Wordens Pond, where his fond love receives a resounding smack, and reaches in vain to embrace his poor head as it returns to Wake- field to spend the rest of the evening. Frank Aloysius Faron, A A ' k Woonsocket, R. I. “Dimples” “Frankie” Electrical Engineering Class Baseball (1) (2); Manager (1); Class Track (1) (2); Class Basketball (1); Varsity Track Squad (1); Polygon (3); Corporal (2); Sergeant (3). One day in June, 1912, the principal of Woonsocket High clapped Frank A. Faron on the shoulder and with tears in his eyes said, “I cannot teach you anything more.” Having visions of future triumphs in electri- cal engineering, Frankie packed his valise and gently swooped down upon the peaceful village of Kingston. Mastering the most difficult propositions in calculus, chemistry, and nature study, Frankie has soared up the scholastic ladder with fond hopes of graduating in 1916. He certainly lives up to his motto: — “Burn the midnight oil, boys, “And keep from maidens coy.” Ernest George Field, A X A Providence, R. I. “Commodore” Mechanical Engineering Secretary Y. M. C. A. (1); Treasurer (2); Soph. Hop Committee (2) ; President Rifle Club (3) ; Corporal (2); First Sergeant (3). Ladies and gentlemen, we have here a source of in- formation which makes the Encyclopedia Brittanica look like a primary school reader. If there is anything Ernest doesn’t know about, from sewing on a button to designing a bridge, we have yet to find it out. The only thing he can’t explain is just why he is wasting his time here, instructing the profs. That the abilities of this great man are not limited to beanwork is shown by the fact that he was unanimously elected Commo- dore of the R. I. S. C. Navy in his freshman year. 26