Georgetown University - Ye Domesday Booke Yearbook (Georgetown, DC)

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. -- ,.-f 32 el f f'. a . I vi , Q . fs ', f 'F 'ts-7, pi 'f ,A.7'ffL:Ny.,.1l'n5 ' ' JOHN VICTOR WALSH CLEVELAND, 01110 Aixlicfi tilee Club Acconip. C25C35f45 l'hiloden1ic Debating SocietyC35 Q45 Ohio Club CLaW Schoolj C45 Between the second and third years john took a trip to Paris, the purpose of which was to effect a closer association with the music masters of the con- tinent. llowever, during the last year we are in- clined to doubt the veracity of some of these state- ments, for nightly Morgairs .Xlley has resounded to uproarous laughter caused by the tales john Y. was spinning. The eves dropper would occasionally hear such terrible words as Follies Bergeref' Crystal Palace and descretion forbids us to men- tion the rest. However, we know john V. is not the same sweet youth that he was when he left for-we hesitate to mention this-but murder will out. John reads the Smart Set. CARL WERTS MENDON, Unto hjingleu Varsity liootlmrill C35 K45 Varsity Track C37 Q45 Treasurer Athletic .Xssciciation C45 f'XYho beat Lafayette? And a couple of thousand hoarse voices roared: XVER'l'S. And that was Jingles day. That memorable day, when a blue jerseyed Hash shot down a broken Held to victory, placed Georgetown and VX'erts in front of the sporting world, but the class didn't need that. they knew the tall, curly-haired athlete, who blushed on the slighest provocation, and was noticeable for his very reticence, but who changed on the field to a wild-cat center and a Heet-footed sprinter. THOMAS A. WHITE, JR. ST. MARYS. OHIO 'tTom Babe Class Football C15 C25 Class Baseball 115 C25 Class Prcsirlent Q25 Gaston Debating Society C25 Manager of Basketball C45 Coming from Main St, in the heart of the Corn Belt, Tom endeared himself to the members imme- diately. ln fact he was so well liked the class let him take the helm to steer the class through the waters of our sophomore sea. They were stormy seas with countless rocks and a bevy of sirens on every rock. And well did our skipper skip. Now, down to busi- ness. This year Tom was manager of basketball, XYe have his solemn word for the fact that if they would allow his charges to play on a meat night, the Celtics would have to shed their laurels. That's that.

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JOHN EDWARD SMITH BAYONNE, NEW JERSEY u4.l'aCk3! Class Football C15 C25 C35 C45 Philonomosian Debating So. C-55 Cilee Club C25 C35 Biological Club Cll Q35 Associate Editor Domesday Bookel' C4 Varsity Track Squad C15 C25 C35 Varsity Baseball Squad C15 C25 Varsity Basketball Squad C15 C25 C35 lt would be unfair to refer to black as Old Man Georgetown. It wasnlt his fault that the war inter- fered with his education, but nevertheless he is an authority on student life back to the time when the rest of us were in prep. And the troubles that man runs into with his handle- Oh, what's your real name? You make ine laugh. A versatile and ex- ceptional athlete, a level thinker, a dependable friend -and we almost forgot-how he hates to get in on time. PHILIP GERALD TAGUE CHARLESTONVN, Mass. Erik Lief Class Football C15 C25 C35 C45 Class Baseball Cl5 C25 C35 C-l5 Class Secretary C15 Treasurer Ritie Club C25 Manager Minor Sports C45 Upon entering Eric's office in North Building, one would first see a large Dunhill, behind which would be our hero, playing solitaire like a Cherokee chief, his main indoor sport. His friends claim that Eric is easily satisfied. Give him a good bed, a barrell of apples, and an inexhaustible supply of Hersheys own within reach and all's well along the Potomac. But, seriously, in our four year's of association with Phil, we have grown to know him and to like him. A cheerful companion, always ready to make sacrifices, a true friend, in short, this is the Swede. JOHN BURKE WALSH VVASIIINGTON, D. C. Burke,' Vice-President Senior Class Dixon I-Ilocution Medal C15 Senior Prom Committee C45 Philodemic Society C35 XVliitc-Gaston Debate C25 Hamilton Debate C35 Advertising Mgr, Journal C35 Pres. Vi'hite Debating SoeietyC25 Sophomore Smoker Committee C25 VVhich shall we compare him to, Dana or Web- ster? Burke has started well on the path to over- take both. For three years he collected medals, attention, and honors on the rostruin. and then he forsook the forensic role and became a cub reporter. His success there is to come. He has always been prominent in class affairs, and has worked hard on several committees. Ahead of him, assuredly, lies a real career in journalism, or whatever else he selects as his life work.

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