Augusta Military Academy - Recall Yearbook (Fort Defiance, VA)

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With eyes half closed I wander on In this pipe dream so fair, To ‘‘ealies,’’ ‘‘hops,’’ and ‘‘ bugle calls,’’ That made things so lively there. And I find an extra flavor In memory’s mellow wine That makes me drink the deeper To that Old Sweetheart of Mine! But now my peace is broken By books that near me lie— When I glance upon their pages, All my truant fancies fly! And again I’m back to ‘‘earth’’ With law, ‘‘mortgagor’’ and ‘‘ mortgagee, ”’ Latin phrases, hidden meanings, ‘¢Grantee,’’ ‘‘grantor,’’ and ‘‘surety.’’ And O’ how such dope chills me, Clamors for my life-blood red, Throb and pulse within my being, | Wear my body, and tire my head! So I turn the leaves of fancy; Rest my tired heart and mind, With a love-dream, just a pipe-dream Of that Old Sweetheart of Mine! O’ dear old A. M. A., live on, Guide me, as in dreams, all the time; Like a soft insistent spirit, Link thy being into mine; With thy blue that stands for truth, Help me ever thus to be— True to all that’s good and noble, Living up to thoughts of thee. Let the purity of my purpose, And the manhood that I prize, Be a tribute to thy white, Be full worthy in thine eyes. And if fame and glory meet me, All of it I shall resign To thy tender care, Augusta, Thou Old Sweetheart of Mine! Dedicated to an alumnus, ’11. | By Mary B. Edwards. Fourteen

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ELLIOTT MUSE BRAXTON, JR. Virginia 1910-11: Private ‘‘B’’ Company. 1911-12: Private ‘¢B’’? Company; Serub, Football; Serub, Basketball. 1912-13: Sergeant ‘‘B’’ Company; Associate Edi- tor, RECALL; Sub End, Football. ‘ ‘Brax’ ? Among those distinguished cognomens to adorn our roll in the fall of ’10, was that of a short, broad- faced boy from the sea shore of Virginia. On account of his small stature, ‘‘ Brax’’ was at first classed by the old cadets among the ‘‘ peeps,’’ but he soon proved that he was ‘‘little but loud.’’ No one is caught more often or gets any more pleasure out of a rough- house than he, and no one is grittier. Although he had played very little football before he came here, he went out with the determination to do or die, and he did. a ‘“¢ Perseverance wins the race.’’ HARRY CLARK BRAY Virginia 1911-12: Private ‘‘B’’ Company; Right Half, Foot- ball. 1912-13: Sergeant ‘‘B’’ Company; Associate Editor, REcALL; Right Half, Football; Minstrel Show. ‘‘Red,’’ ‘‘Rachel’’ This specimen of the genus homo, ‘‘ Rachel,’’ is a wharf rat by birth and a heart smasher from choice. ‘“Red’s’’ chief ambition is to shine in high society, : in which purpose he well succeeds. Of course this : picture doesn’t do him justice—as no picture could : possibly show the hours of patient labor he has bestowed upon beautifying his countenance. He is generally light and frolicsome, but recently was en- gaged in the problem of how to take five girls in the figure and let none of them know that he knew any of the others. ea, ‘“All’s not gold that glitters.’’ Siateen