Wofford College - Bohemian Yearbook (Spartanburg, SC)

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Benjamin Franklin Cromley SALUDA, S. C. Thy soul was like a star and dwelt apart. Entered, ' 07; Member Carlisle Literary Society. Here is a brand new, all- vool-and-a-yard-wide specimen from Saluda. Ben likes to talk about Saluda; says she ' s improving, and no longer in- creasing the population of the graveyards by vio- lent death. He says the people of his county are becoming somewhat tame, and no longer kill negroes for a pastime: says now it ' s against the rules to kill ' em down there, unless they ' re on the shady side of the street or fail to lift their hats to you when you meet them. Ben ' s a fjuiet kind of fellow, though, and anyone wouldn ' t suspect him of being from Sakida, who did not know it. Joseph Kennedy Davis SPARTANBURG, S. C. An excellent scholar; one that hath a head filled with calf brains, without any sage in them. Monthly Orator; Second Critic ; President Preston Literary Society; Vice-President Freshman Class; Sophomore Speaker; Junior Debater; Winner Preston Essay Medal, ' oy- ' oS; Assistant Literary Editor Bohemian, ' oS- ' oq; Editor-in-Chief Bohe- mian, ' og- ' io; Y. M. C. A. Editor Journal, ' oQ- ' io; Class Historian, ' og- ' io ; Oratorical Speaker, ' oQ- ' io; Senior Speaker. Do not be misled, dear reader, by the gloomy and forbidding aspect which this specimen presents; for he is not half so fierce as he looks to be. He can even smile. When at leisure, he can be found building air castles for himself and the one girl that has had him in captivity so long; just who, ' tis hard to tell, because it is a known fact that he has bed time called on -him at least five times every week, and not by the same mother either. 25

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Stafford Bland Connor ORAXGEBURG, S. C. As gentle and as jocund as to jest. MonthlyOrator; Treasurer Preston Literary Society ; Glee Club, ' ' oq- ' io; Contributor to Journal. Bland is the champion love-maker of the class; it is said that he can do this stunt in several dif- erent languages; prefers French. He is also the impersonator of the Glee Club; does the nigger preacher act to a high degree of perfection from an artistic standpoint. We predict, that some day he will make a first class nigger preacher. George Kennedy Craig AXSOX, N. C. His heart on high honour was set And him contained in such manner, That all him loved that were him near. Second Censor; Corresponding Secretary; Re- cording Secretary ; President Preston Literary Society ; Corresponding Secretary South Carolina Inter- Collegiate Oratorical Association; Freshman Mar- shal; Vice-President and President of Class, ' o7- ' o8; Bohemian Staff, ' oS- ' og; Gymnasium Team, ' o7- ' o8; Junior-Soph. Football Team, ' oS- ' og; Senior-Fresh. Football Team, ' og- ' io; Class Foot- ball Team, ' oy- ' oS, ' oS- ' og, ' og- ' io; Manager Class Football Team, ' og- ' io. George is a tar-heeler; the poor fellow seems to hate it, but can ' t help it. Craig is the telephone artist; can talk pretty well to the fair sex face to face, but look out phone. He once had the pleasure of talking to one of the students over the phone, thinking it was a certain Spartanburg young lady. He found it out afterwards, repented, but too late. Craig will take up his abode in Spartanburg, it seems, as there is about one hundred and twenty pounds of feminine attraction for him here. 24

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William Henry Davidson LAUREXS, S. C. All the Latin I construe is amo—l love. Member Inter-Society Committee, ' og- ' io ; Preston Literary Society; Class Football Team, ' o6- ' o7, ' o7- ' o8, ' o8- ' o9, ' og- ' io; Junior-Soph. Football, Team, ' o7- ' o8, ' oS- ' og; Senior-Fresh. Football Team, ' oQ- ' io; Class Basket Ball Team, ' oy- ' oS, ' oS- ' og, ' oQ- ' io; Captain Class Basket Ball Team, ' og- ' io; ' Varsity Basket Ball Team, ' oS- ' oq. Puss is from Clint(jn, Laurens County, and actually owns up to it. His chief delight is in the pursuit of his studies in Latin. He is commonly known as Pro. ' . Gus ' s Pet. It is thought that, some day, he will make a great Latin scholar. Men may come and men may go, but Puss takes Latin forever. Puss has an exceedingly bland and child-like face, as innocent as the smile of a new- born babe. It doesn ' t show the scars of forty-two Latin exams, lost — and unpassed. He will some dav make a good business man, if he can gi e up the haunting thoughts of Latin. Cyrus Basset Dawsey HORRY, S. C. I am not wiser for my age. Nor skilful for my grief. Corresponding Secretary; Monthly Orator; Third Critic; Recording Secretary; Vice-President; Presi- dent Carlisle Literary Society; Speaker on Freshman Exhibition; Sophomore Speaker; Junior Debater; Senior Speaker; Speaker on Oratorical Contest, ' o8- ' o9, ' oQ- ' io; Secretary, President Y. M. C. A.; President Volunteer Band ; President of Class ' og- ' io. Dawsey was fovmd in some of the swamps of Horry. We don ' t know what strata, so hardly know w hat age to place him in; certainly not the psychozoic; more probably the paleozoic, in order to be sure to be far enough back. Bishop is said to be a preacher, but it is yet doubtful whether he ' ll join the conference or go back to Horry and be a foreign missionary. His highest ambition is to be a Bishop; says he ' ll be one if he has to bribe the whole General Con ' erence. 26