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

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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

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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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iCfaC (6R3SC XIX Dean Blenus Fraser, 0 X Brockton, Mass. “Cherub” “Whisk-broom” Civil Engineering Class Secretary (1) (2); President (3); Class Base- ball (1) (2); Class Track (2); Kingston Prize Essay (2); Class Debating Team (2); Vice-President Debat- ing Society (3); Varsity Debating Team (3); Assistant Manager Baseball (3); Corporal (2); Sergeant (3); 1916 Grist Board (3); Rifle Team (3); Polygon (3). Finding the cares of business out of his line, “Cherub” decided to come to the large city of Kingston and lie- come a civil engineer. Since September of 1912, fame and fortune have favored the promising youngster and he now bids fair to outshine the great Goethals. Even tho’ his cares are many, Whisk-broom, the clean-up kid, finds much time to spend in Davis Hall. Wandering hence from thence one winter’s day, the illustrious Fraser made his most famous discovery — that you can go rowing on the ice. Thomas William Freeman, P I K Newport, R. I. “Blondy” “Tom” Civil Engineering Glee Club (1) (2) (3); Orchestra (1) (2) (3); Assistant Leader (2); Manager (3); Varsity Basketball (1); Class Baseball (1) (2); Varsity Football (2); Corporal (2); First Sergeant (3). This specimen with the golden locks and the win- some smile, the Venus like form etc., etc., is our “Blonde Swede”. His works on “Information and Advice to the Lovelorn” yet unpublished, have sealed his future success. Tom sings and plays with a charm. The charm is so touching that one must not linger in its presence lest he lose his nerves. Tom’s heart Burr(ns) for just one little “Dot” and she “Is-a-belle.” Ralph Earl Glasheen, 0 X Brockton, Mass. “Gus” Civil Engineering Class Track (1); Class Basketball (2); Class Foot- ball (1) (2); Corporal (2); Sergeant (3); Editor-m- Chief 1916 Grist (3). Behold, fellow class-mates, the light and choicest spirit of this our Grist Board, possessing a voice that might be the envy of Jove, a gait and facial expression copied from Apollo, and a gift of gab that would make Socrates back water. . Although Gus’ greatest love is for his pipe, his hobby was women. However, one of the fair residents of Davis Hall now claims all his attentions, and we predict a suc- cessful career for Gus as a civil engineer in a town by the sea. 27