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t x X, i A l xx QI,.XliIi l',XS'l'lCL'lU IUZOX-A lm FRANCIS o. GRAF li, AEA A Born in New York City, kg October 28, 1901 l Prepared at Iona Preparatory School, New Rochelle, N. Y. Editor-in-chief, Pasticcio, 1926: .J Chairman Senior Promg Business XFX Manager, Clark Monthly Q2, 333 q Advertising Manager, Pasticcio, l925g Circulation Manager, Clark XX Monthly CZJ: Treasurer Student Body KZ, 351 Varsity Basketball 2, f fo, Newman Club qi, 2, 3, 414 is President C215 Cups Cl, 2, 3, 433 Q24 Rope Pull Cl, 23: Sub-Freshman , V Day Committee Cl, 2. 33 3 Fraternity K1 Federation C23 4 Spring Spree Com- il! mittee Cl, 254 Captain Freshman , A Debating Team, l920g Captain he Freshman Basketball Team, l92Og '04 Numerals in Basketball Cllg Mas- A ' ter of Ceremonies, Senior Class li, Day: Liberal -Club C455 Chairman NJ 'Christmas Holiday Extension Com- , ' mittee, l924. lil x ,J Q54 GAZE upon this exception to every ruleg a Jack of all trades and a master of wtf! them all. Yes, this is Francis O. Graf, the fellow you had heard so much , li about. gb ' We have often wondered how Frank managed to steer clear of the main ' .! ofHce while he engaged in his outside activities at Clark. He never seemed to be much bothered by his curricula of studies and always consented to be hx in nearly every activity on the campus. He illustrates beautifully the example of the college man who gained the very most from his four years lr? at school. , if We have accused Frank of selfishness and ended up by admitting his X capacity for filling the positions he obtained, we have accused him of a libidinous taste for offices and when we have elected men to ollice we have A J found it imperative to name him as one of them: we have condemned him lf. for many things and, in the end, praised him for his far-sighted policies indi- eating a sagacity which we ourselves lacked. He has been the mainstay of this, our graduating class, and he goes with P us into the world of bitter experience better able to cope with it than those K' of us who were so eager to criticize and exhort against him. He possesses a li, personality which will aid him in attaining to a place of prominence while .X the majority of us continue to labor on under our various complexes until we are finally downed. He never suffered from the persecutions which he has Q undergone, and in fact, we believe he rather enjoyed the opposition which faced him. Frank will be evaluated again by our group in a more favorable ij light as the years go by and we gather again to talk over the days we spent , 3' apple-polishingl' at Clark, and in this evaluation we shall find that what ik. we thought was watered stock was in reality good working capital. ' li Frank ht y ll 4' 1 if ' -' J' Y' 'ff' -fn' 'N' .-' V' 1 -f' .' 1:-' 've .,- ,gf l59l
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AY' .Xllli l'.XS'l'lL'L'lU 1976 GORDEN NELSON GEER AEA Born December 25, 1903, in Leomirzxter, Nfass. Prepared at North High School, Worcester, lllasx. Hope Pull Cl, 25 1 Cups Cl, 2, 3, 45g Glee Club C43 : Class Basketball CZ, 33: Varsity Baseball 135. I profess not to know how women's hearts are won, 'lo me they have always been matters of riddle and admiratxonf' POP , as he is familiarly known to his classmates, says that Worcester is a great banking town, on account of its preferred stock . Pop came to us from North High School, where he left behind him an excellent record as a football player. We have seldom seen Pop without his smile. It makes no difference what the assigned task is, that smile is always with him while the work is being done. When he took the leading role of the Lion in a class play, someone exclaimed, Why, how natural he looks! We cannot account for this as he has always been steady, studious and cheerful. Pop'l, besides his dramatic ability, took a prominent part in many of the other events of school life. Being possessed of a sweet baritone voice, he early became a member of the Glee Club and shortly after was chosen to represent the school quartet. The heart-rending rope pull found Pop in the center using his perfect Apollo build to great advantage, so as to aid the Freshmen in keeping their pretty little red caps Kon their headsj. We all admired his playing ability in the inter-class basketball games. There are many good classmates, but the combination of a good class- mate and a loyal worker is exceptional. Pop Al C-ZsL-'f:v -mf.: ff m. 7i7 - 'ir l 53 l
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Llkllli l'.-XS'l'lQ'L'lU 1976 SAMUEL GRIFF Born in Lithuania, April 19, 1903. Prepared at High School of Com- merce, Plforcexter, Marx. Menorah C3, 4Dg Cosmopolitan Club Cl, 2, 3, 455 Vice President C4-J: Glee Club C451 Class Basket- ball Lfilg Class Numerals C359 Boxing Team 133. EVERY year, below an imposing portrait of a fellow classmate, and below a long and extended list of college activities fthe ego sheet , as it has so aptly been characterizedj one reads further eulogies and laudations of our beloved classmate. So trite and hackneyed have these praises been that I feel Sam really deserves a better fate at my hands. Not being a Gamaliel Bradford, how- ever, my biography of Sam will have to be limited in its scope, and may even trend to glorif1cation. Sam made his appearance on the Clark Campus in the fall of 1922, fresh from Commerce High School of this city QWorcesterj. Unlike most Commerce High students, Sam at first showed propensities for an extended study of the natural sciences. He soon, however, came under the influence of the left-wing of the school, the social science and history students, and gradually manifested a keen desire in that field. This desire, though a grad- ual evolutionary process, developed into a deep and appreciable understand- ing of these subjects. Throughout the remainder of his college years Sam has shown fully, both by his scholastic standing and by his affiliations with various clubs of the inquisitive nature fCosm0politan Club, Liberal Club and Science Clubj his achievements in this field of research. In my associations with Sarn', I have come to realize this quality of the true student which he possesses, and I must confess that there are few who surpass him in this respect, or even equal him. Sam's,' interest in intellectual pursuits has not prevented his participa- tion in extra-curricula activities. As a basketball player, as a soccer player and as a bass in our melodious Glee Club he has demonstrated the versatility which he inherently possesses, and has been rather reserved in proclaiming to the outside world-a quality which not a few of us lack. It would be futile and superfluous to wish Sam success in his worldly endeavors for if he continues to go at things with the same conscientiousness as he has shown while at college, success and happiness are bound to come. Au Revoir, Monsieur--Gluck mit Gesundn. A l60 I
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