Belmont Abbey College - Spire Yearbook (Belmont, NC)

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William Schoi nsei Win II- Si i ii l R SPR1NI IS W VA Bl V ,1 1 He and his monstrous rout art heard to hi vol Another Rube Goldberg whose every effort is tainted with raucous radicalism Lrom the overflow of his inexhaustible supply ol energy be will argue anyone on cither side of any subject. Catholic U. for Foreign service next year. Joseph Self asheville. n. c. JOE To old experience due attain. Interested in every activity, and not with the agency of a reflexive pronoun. In other words. Joe thinks of every one except him- SELF. An important member of the SPIRE staff, he indicates a lean towards big busi- ness John Stancill Charlotte. N. C. •Johnny Hail dicinest melancholy. A silent edition of a lot that is worth while. If Stancill and Schoensee would team up — the former with his will to do. and the latter with his will to say — more than a cannon would be heard ' round the world! LARKIN Stowe Mt. Holly. N. C. Judge Whose power hath a true consent. His nickname becomes his retiring dignity. Another of the intelligentsia. The silent mem- ber of an otherwise vociferous Sophomore class. Nineteen Thirty-Nine

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T Raymond Patterson Louisville. Ky. Pappy Self fed and self consumed. ' ' The hard- working popular lad from the Bluegrass section who has had the biggest job at the Abbey — the editorship of Contact — whose singing in the Glee Club can be compared only with his brand of work in other activities He ' s a major in Chemical Engineering. Walter Pawloski Shadyside, Ohio Vudgie The cynosure of neighboring eyes. Perhaps the finest halfback ever to cavort for the Crusaders. Walt is a terror on a gridiron and in the Iris! A likeable lad with a winning way, Walt ' ll do all right. Joseph Rankin Gastonia. n. C. Spike Sober, steadfast and demure. A mental giant, whose I. Q. rates in the upper 1 f ( of the Nations college students. Well-informed in cultural subjects. A great talker, but when he speaks, he says some- thing. Bertrum Rendell Framingham, Mass. Nut Lap me in soft Lydtan airs. A good student and a fine athlete; a quiet very likeable Yankee who still maintains that the Civil War ended in 1865, Combines a winning personality with a level head. The Sophomore Class of

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Joseph Timberlake gastonia, n. c. Buck But come, thy goddess fair and true. Not a milk-fed baby, but a printer s-ink one. Has a definite interest in Washington, and it isn ' t the White House. Can ' t appreci- ate the crack: I ' m one of the Jones boys. Buck ' ll be a journalist, and a real one. Paul Titman Lowell, N. C. Titmouse Most musical, most melancholy. One of our better musicians. Has de- veloped a style of his own at the piano. Plays accompaniment for the Glee Club. A good student whose chief interests lay in music, literature, and botany. U. N. C. next year for an extensive study of nature lore, Vernon Von Drehle High Point, N. C. Doodle To walk the studious cloisters pale. ' ' One of the most active and most popu- lar of our graduates: takes part in most of the cultural and social activities and an honor student. Under his leadership the De- bating Society is coming back into its own. He is Contact ' s Sportator and an officer of the Piedmont Club. Frank York White Plains, n. Y. Rudy By whispering winds soon lulled to sleep. An enthusiastic, popular student who hopes to join the Army Air Corps. Has become quite conservative since elected Treas- urer of the Piedmont Club. Still shooting for a four-minute mile. The Sophomore Class of