College of William and Mary - Colonial Echo Yearbook (Williamsburg, VA)

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. fa - Philomalhcan ; A ' . A ' . O.; Northern Lights; Cerman Cliih : Spotsmood ; Cordon-Hope. 44OKIP did you say? Yes, Skip. Do you know anyone else around our venerable College who carries with him such an air of magnanimity, kindliness, and condescension? Do you know anyone else who takes a ticket so various and maintains an A standard in toto ? Just look who he is : A. M. Senior, Editor of the Lilerary Magazine, Assistant in Chemistry, President of the Athletic Association, member of the German Club, Spotswood, etc., etc. This personality, popularly known by all as Skip, is none other than Percy Lewis Witchley, the poet, prose writer, curler, heart-grinder, scientist, doctor; in brief, the impelling, dynamic force behind practically all of our College activities. We have no more degrees to offer you, so we close by predicting for you as much success in your romance of love as in your college career. Page Nineteen

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Phoenix: Bachelor of Arls : Aaislant in Chemiitrv. AN INTRODUCTION to this important personage would be superfluous, for his musical voice has reverberated in the halls of this old College for nearly a decade of years. Why embarrass him by presenting him to the reading public as Mr. Schepmoes, when he is so very familiraly known as Schep. and also by his soubriquet, The Devourer of Books ? ' Tis true you can judge a man by the books he peruses, but Schep cannot be diagnosed in this way, for he reads everything from Herrick ' s Epigrams to the St. James Bible. Charles is an exceptional student, capable of passing any course in the curriculum, and having no mean ability as a debater and as a writer of trashy articles. En outre Schep ' s main asset for his popularity in college is his affability, his good heart- edness and pleasing smile. A success awaits him whatever career he enters, and a host of friends will boast of his name among their number. Page Eighleen

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[ OXCH Vt. J ' vjuJP ALVIN ' S chief characteristic is the inimitable edai with which he can roll a cigarette. Bull Durham is his forte, and the nonchalance with which he can bum the makins is a source of never-failing admiration. Yet he is as fine and companionable a little runt as ever stunted his growth with nicotine. His motto is, Never let your books interfere with your education. If he spent half the time with his books that he does with that old crippled mandolin, there ' s no telling what heights of erudition he might achieve. Anyhow, Alvin is a good sort to be classmates with, and if he ever lost his good humor nobody was around to note it. He ' s too lazy to lose anything, for fear he might have to go find it at some later time. Inertia is, or at any rate should be, his middle name, it permeates him and saturates him till he resembles Gibraltar in the ease with which he can be made to move. He is an ardent exponent of the conservation of energy and has never been known to make two motions where one would suffice. How he gets by the Faculty is a deeply shrouded mystery, but he refuses to divulge the formula. Alvin is living proof that all great men are small of stature. He is every inch a man, a friend and a philosopher. Here ' s to Alvin Beale. Paie Tmenlv