Clark University - Pasticcio Yearbook (Worcester, MA)

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QF? rltllllli 1'.xs'l'It't'lrv-:11'm PHILIP BISSEL PLUMB AM Born in Litchfield, Conn., April 28, 1904. Prepared at Litchfield High School, Litclzfeld, Colm. Class Basketball C2iJg Class Base- ball Cl, 25 5 Varsity Basketball 137, Varsity Baseball C4Jg Tennis C432 Monthly Board C4Dg College Sup- per C4-D g Spring Spree QZD g Liberal Club. NEITHER a photographer nor a word artist could do justice to the real Plumb. While not fully appreciated by all he is at least familiar to everyone, how- ever remotely connected with the institution, as well as to every cop, waitress, ballplayer and taxi-cab driver in the city. His chronic good nature is the prima facie evidence for my saying that he hasn't a worry in the world. Phil for often Stony because of his predilection for Geologyj who majors in baseball, tennis and basketball, is the pride and joy of the faculty. He is unquestionably the best athlete on the ineligible list. However, at var- ious times before marks have been issued, he has won victories for Clark, which is indeed remarkable. He invariably walks off with the tennis trophy, meeting all comers from students or faculty. His fondness for the courts led him to take the roller as a souvenir although he has received more letters than Harry S. New. One memorable day Plumb made breakfast and all his classes on time, whereupon the school was closed for a week and the flag kept at half-mast due to the serious condition of several professors. Negotiations with several newspapers have finally weaned Phil from his heart's desire of graduate work in Geography and we expect he will soon have Grantland Rice and Bill Cunningham looking for holes. Alma Mater regretfully bids him adieu and 'er son will make good. wifi U21

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it ip ff L' I, A ll li I1 A s 'I' I C L' I cw I 11 J ri .4 iii, il? fi . I J 1 ix Xl, IK, P ll fi .J id ix xl ' ry ' I i Id 3, THORNTON I.EWIs PITCHER lg AM , 4 xv xx Fl , If fx Born zu PVurce.rier, Mass., l-it .Vavemlzcr 30, 1904. X I +5 fi Prepared al South High School. ji 'iii li H Hope Pull fl, 2, 35: Class Soccer i fi flJ:Class Track fl. 2. 1, 4I: cuss , it Basketball fl, 2, 3. 45 : Police Force 'R ' C21 : Varsity Soccer fl, 43: Varsity 'J Relay HJ: Captain Track UD. Is- X .. Y' ii i xl I A fi X. A I V t xt r, f - . IR. , ' Iii: 4' I . . . . . ill. QNX- IT IS hard to Imagine that he who sat for this pictu-re could be so hard hearted Q31 ki' as to eject summarily from the library those disturbing the Upcacei' and ll' ,- quiet of that building. You would never suspect such a good-natured , A ill! fellow of presiding over the library at night with all the dignity and sol- il, li, emnity of a veteran librarian. But there can be no doubt in the minds of '-L, those who have come in contact with him in his oflicial role as bouncer , 'Ii ' ' In spite of this studious habit to appreciate 'l'hornie at his best you Q, should watch him in a game. Whether as a member of the varsity soccer Ibm' team, or on the tennis court he has the same consistency in driving the ball 'E lm, through. To make sure of establishing his reputation as an athlete Thornie', X l 'ii' showed a double quick pace on the track, and immediately became captain of 'lx ' that team. 'Q it Above everything else, however, the amiability and optimism of this man 'It ' . if stand out, and this, after all, is the supreme t6St of personality. He typilies '54 li the proverbial friend in the hour of need, straightforward and dependable. iii, Those who have become intimate with him know him as a man's man and iii, Yi I feel richer in friendship for it. ' X1 'R .1 fy , ciT!ZOTIli6,, .1 1, IR 'Iv , li 'I , fi ily lisx , V -X .Iv IT, Q fi , 1 'xxx ., l71'l

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.l Q' 1. .et 14 K if .ex s '1' I t' Q' I in 1 K1 3 ri lk, r. at r . . li FQ' YVYV iiiix is B 'ii X lyywx 'Q il X iii, WILLIAM FREDERICK PREISSEI. its ' x 9,4 AM . .dy mx Q4 Born in New Britain, Colm., ii X Xt, January 21, 1905. igl N Prepared al New Brilain High if '14, School. XV h ij it Track Manager C455 Class Basket- Y N ball CS, 4Jg Scholarship Society X-Q 443- ' F X .N vp ri V . i id i rl in x 'Q P .r kj . i. H: Lili A PLATTER was thrown out of a collegiate board meeting around Christmas k ' and Bill,' was handed his LL.D. The student body immediately began an lb ix, inquest. Was L. L. D. a Klux warning, was it a straight-ticket threat, or ' i l could it mean Librarian, Liberal, Democrat? VVe haven't found out, for li., 5 Bill is a Librarian and a big gun of the Liberal Club, but is no Democrat, il 'ly for in 1924 he was heads, La Folletteg tails, William Z. Fosterg or if on end, lv fx friend Cal. ig Q11 Preissel, the Liberty Bond salesman of the New Britain Boy Scouts, xt Y. A pretzeled up from his home town in 1922. He soon tried to pretzel at the .- il dining hall but pretzeling here was a lost art and then Bil1,' turned to .J V ri Malloy's. At Malloy's and the Wyman, coffee houses of excellent repute, ,K Bill turned his attention to arguments worthy of the calibre of Addison, J N . .1 Steele and Swift. His cutting satire, his faith in The Nation and his dis- ig courses upon the toughness of hamburg were received so cordially that he - Qi i. received his eggs much in the same manner that the Light Brigade received .X l bullets. He made bouncers work overtime. la As a scholar Bill was all wool and a million miles wide. He went So J dx Big that Edna Ferber wrote about him. So through consistent study inter- ' mixed with a mind ready to grasp easily and retain the principles of true Q 'f education, Bill slipped into the Scholarship Society so nonchalantly that no ,X p x X. ,i Y everyone suspicioned that he had a pull with the organizer. it if In the gym Bill's ability was shown by his bull-like rushes. A rush . 'J Ii through the line, a slide into third and Bill had scored another basket. iii, Q In the halls and classrooms Bill was a radical, late here and later there. ii Next year Bill may be at Heidelberg University. Then his motto, God, lg ' Country, Delta Mu and Free Beer may become Deutschland Uber Allus . ii V ,ty NBZHQJ ,. 3 p dig . ' in U31