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

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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

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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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Manager Baseball Team 1913: Manager The Flat Hat 191 2- ' 13; Editor-in-Chief I9I3- ' I4. ' Intellect, talent, and genius, like murder, ' will out. ' Page Tivent }-onc