Greenbrier Military School - Yearbook (Lewisburg, WV)

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GEORGE BRYAN CARVER Hoi' Springs, Virginia This lieutenant from Old Virginia has made a fine three- year record at The Brier. He is the executive type, although that doesn't mean he doesn't do a lot of the work himself. In fact, he earned his top spot as Editor-in-Chief of the paper by persistently hard work, and we have often seen him this year running around looking as if he wanted something to throw at a tardy engraver, printer, or reporter. He has served his time on the track team chain gang. He seldom runs across town, however, a fact we attribute to some at- traction, maybe uranium, back in the hills of the Old Domin- ion. Dependable is the word for this fellow. He does a right pert job of taking care of any promises made by Young George. DEWEY ALVIN CASH l403 Liggaies Road, Lynchburg, Virginia Big Al Cash, with the good natured grin, came over from that Virginia city where everybody has one short leg and one long leg because the streets are so steep. He played a whale of a game in the backheld of Coach Turley's Fighting Cadet varsity football team. With Lynchburg being so steep, as we have maybe inferred, we can't figure out how Al grew over 6 feet tall and kept both those legs alike. They do say he is 6-2 and his favorite little girl is 2-6. Cute, too. His favorite song is Your Cash Ain't Nothin' But Trash. We have noticed your hair has been getting a little lighter this spring, Al. What happened? GEORGE CYRIL CLARK, JR. Box 327, Eldred, Pennsylvania This Keystone Stater, who will probably end up as a chemical engineer making cloth out of spider webs or some such miracle, is smart as a whip, we think. We hear he and one other were the only two brains to pass physics the first month. He has probably rung up some sort of all-time record here in that last year he went with a certain college girl who is now back in Johnstown, Pa., and Clark still seems to be true to her although she no longer adorns the halls of G. C. W. This Owls Club member likes to play golf. He has an idea he would like to go to M. I. T. We think maybe he has earned a few stars for his crown by helping his fellow cadets learn physics and trig. SAMUEL STANLEY COMBS Lewisburg, West Virginia Here is a cattleman, farmer, man-about-town, musician, and all-round good fellow who has been here since Dr. McElhenney started the old brick academy prior to 1812. Stanley is captain of that famous Cadet Band which took second place at the National Cherry Blossom Festival in Washington, D. C., over some 30 other representative state bands. He has always worked hard to make the band out- standing. Stanley played trumpet, at which he excels, and baritone before he took over the reins of the temperamental and unpredictable musicians. He works determinedly at his iob, and you may be sure when someone goofs it dehnitely is never Stan's fault. His favorite likes include a girl from the heart of Maryland, any kind of mathematics COh yeah? D , and sports, marches, or mombas which will in any way help the morale of the Band. JOHN STRAUGHAN CORBIN Box 228, Prestonsburg, Kentucky Good ideas run in good families, so it is easy to under- stand why 1923 was followed by 1955. john's second year at The Brier found him strutting his stuff in Washington and elsewhere as Drum Major of the prize-winning Cadet ROTC Band. John has the ability to trifle around in care- free fashion and yet managed to keep off the beat, a secret his roommate can not explain! He likes moody, popular music and girls, although someone tells me he went looking for gold at the college and it just didn't pan out. A couple of GCW girls just missed the boat. He was a member of the Vigilantes, probably claims the organization was founded by a fellow from Prestonsburg some 32 years ago. We hope he is around at least one more year. GEORGE LEE COUNTS 171 Riverside Drive, Welch, West Virginia George has been a fixture at Greenbrier for the past three years, and has also been on view at football camp each fall. Last year, if memory serves, like Kipling's Mulvaney he could say, was a corporal wonstl However, George beat his way back up from private in the rear rank. This year he served as color sergeant. Counts is a Rebel from way back yonder, probably would like to change the name of his town from Welch, West Virginia, to Jackson, Mississippi. fOr had you considered that angle, George?J He has a like- able personality, played a wicked game of football for the Jayvees this past fall, gets along well with everybody, and rates right up there as an all-round good Joe.

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CARLOS LUIS ALVAREZ Maximo Gomez 6 Altos Caibarian, Las Villas, Cuba Chico hails from the steep hills of Caibarien where they raise people with loud voices. He, together with Archie and Villafana, made the town of Lewisburg regret that there were composers who could write such loud songs. Chico made his stay at The Brier worth while, making good marks and using all his ability in sports. During his four years journey, Chico advanced to the grade of First Sergeant in Company B, with Blindo Stewart commanding the slops. Chico is going to miss the Brier and the school across town. We hope that he is a great success in the years to come. We also hope to see him with the rest of the gang at Homecoming. The girls in Cuba are getting their other Idol back. How do you like that! RICHARD CEDRIC BARKER 2465 Farleigh Road, Columbus 12, Ohio This big red-headed cowboy from Columbus is really a big Western Joe from somewhere near Jackson Hole country in Wyoming. He plays the guitar and sings like Tex Ritter or is it Gene Autrey? No-it's like Lex Barker. Every now and then he lets that long hair go in favor of a crew cut. He vowed he would never go near the College across town, but has been seen there quite regularly, especially since Christmas. After four years he ends up as company commander and captain of A for Admirablef' He starred on the Big Brass team which finally won over the Greenbrier College gals in a terrific show for the March of Dimes Fund. Everybody likes Big Lex from the wide open spaces, even if we never can hgure out whether he lives in Ohio or Wyoming. RICHARD LOWELL BLAND Eleanor, West Virginia This is another four-year All-American Red-Head candi- date. He is a platoon sergeant in Company D. An alleged woman hater, we are waiting for the day when some little blonde cutie takes Doc to the cleaners! He likes hill-billy music and we would like to have a dollar for every hour Doc has listened to someone wailing about a broken heart you left me waiting at the church in the hills of old Kentucky come give me your candy kisses in this old house where you wrote the letter edged in black swearing you'd always love your little darlin'-if you follow us, or even if you don't. He gs ?dgood football player. His favorite classes are Trig. and o 1 . page twenty LEOPOLDO BRICENO Calle California, Quinta La MiIagrosa , Urbanizacion Las Mercedes, Caracas, Venezuela Leo hails from Caracas, Venezuela, the city of the oil. Leo came to the Brier during the second term of 1952. He liked it and came back to seal it oi? with gold paint. Briceno is a versatile jazz fan and his preferred interpreter is Thelonious Monk. If you watched Briceno during the year you probably saw him accompanied by the rest of the spicks-Archie, Chico and Villafana. They were probably heading for GCW, but someone else held them up on their way. Good Luck to you, Leo, and I hope that you are a great success in your career. We also hope that wherever you go, don't forget that we are back here and we don't want you to forget the Brier and the good times we had together. GEORGE FREDERICK BROOKS 55 East Main St., Richwood, West Virginia Fred has been with us two years, and in that time he has written some girl's name all over his school books. Looks to us like he never studies English or mathematics or history, but just that girl from back Richwood way. Brooks hails from the town made famous by a newspaper named the News Leader, edited by Jim Comstock and Bronsom McClung, which never used a word when two pictures will do. We mention i.e. here to give the N-L a bit of free publicity QSend in your subscription todayj because we know Fred would want us to boost anything about his old home town. We don't think Fred has ever had to walk the beat. He has done all right at The Brier, where he pounds out the rhythm on the drums in the band. He is a real fan of Perez Prado, and likes those mombo records. BILLY JOE CARDER l24 Woodland Ave., Clarksburg, West Virginia One of the unusual thrills at Greenbrier is to watch Billy joe rush away from retreat to dash hurriedly to A stoop and pick up his teeth. Billy joe, the handsome guy, is a Green- brier College regular. He plays a mean game of Jayvee football-not at the college, you understand, but on Mathews field. He can't stay away from Greenbrier County and has spent several summers as an Indian brave at Camp Shaw- Mi-Del-Eca. A confirmed night rider, we hear Billy joe was a ring leader of the dreaded Vigilantes. We would not call BJ a regular beat walker, but he has been known to skip around the flag pole during afternoon hours.

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RENE RAYMOND DU FOUR Box 202, Hot Springs, Virginia Frenchy Dufour, from the Old Dominion, is a very busy man. He started out as a Peanut, ended up as company com- mander of C for Capable. Meanwhile, he has worked in a lot of intercompany sports, some Captain football, and a lot of extra curricular activity across town. He has played just about every sport in our big intramural program. For fur- ther particulars about the Greenbrier College classes, see the 1955 Queen of the Brier. We don't know how Rene man- aged to do so well by himself over Greenbrier College way, but give the kid credit-he did! This summer he is going to see Gay Paree in France. DELVORD MANNING EDDY 379 South Broadway Park, Lexington, Kentucky Here is another company commander, who has held the honor the second time, something rather remarkable. He bosses D for Durable, and is known as The Big Man with the Whip. He cracks a bull whip like a pistol-or did, until it was once taken away by Col. Moore! He is a good wrestler, good boxer, and he and his first sergeant have been called both the morale builders and bosses and the biggest trillers in Co. D! He made himself a possible career in radio with his singing jingles in English III class when they were studying advertising. And they do tell he started at- tending GCW in early April. MANUEL COY FARLEY IGI I V2 Quarrier Street, Charleston, West Virginia Mannie Farley, a D lieutenant, knows his way to Charleston AND Greenbrier College. flf Charleston is reading this, or even GCW, the fellow writing this is only kidding. We have to write something, you know, so don't you believe itlb He has been active in intramural sports, belongs to the Hunchers which upholds the immoral stan- dards of education in Lewisburg, is occasionally on bounds, passes his classwork in spite of all these extra curricular activities, and all in all lives the full and gracious life at The Brier. You know, we could make this write-up really interesting if we wished. We hear this fellow often has feminine visitors up here at all hours, practically demanding an audience with Mannie. What a man! page twenty-two JAMES EDWARD FOX Algoma, West Virginia Maybe sly as a fox, he walked the Greenbrier halls several years ago and then dropped out for awhile before coming back to try it again. He plays a good drum and with his roommate, Jim Gillespie, he likes to listen to records and join in for red hot jam sessions. To show you something about this fellow's brains, we may stare without fear of con- tradiction lbelieve this or notj that the Second Term he was the only one able to pass the colonel's solid geometry examination. He dearly loves to rough-house, but when it is time to study-he manages to be tops in every class he takes. You can't beat that combination for all-round develop- ment, can you? RICHARD FRANKLIN FREEMAN 816 West Third Street, Huntington, West Virginia Now this write-up could be something! We could tell you all about cats meowing in night study hall, rough-hous- ing after taps, talking off reports-Dick should be a lawyer, we are sure-walking around the flag pole-picking them up and layin' them down, pounding the concrete day and night-spilling Huntington anecdotes in American History class, etc., etc., and so on ad iazhnitum. There is always some- thing going on when Dick is around. Woman trouble? Yes. Class trouble? Yes. Trouble answering reports? Yes. But none of it very troublesome to this good-natured fellow, who manages to do what he has to do and even more at times. He played varsity football and added many a cheerful note when the going was rough. Sometimes his arm slips in a pileup. Throws his teeth at you. Likes to beat on Clark, R. We guess that does it. We mean-Dick is O. K. DAVID RICHARD GIBBS Sabina, Ohio This fellow can tell tall tales until 3 or 4 A. M. when he should be sound asleep. This is his fourth year in Co. D, where he now runs his part of it well as Sergeant First Class. Sometimes he is called Skinney, but also Humphrey Pennyworth. We don't believe even half of what he tells us about his car-what a thrill to take the wheel in his merry Oldsmobile. He smokes like a furnace, but we can't say OP's. To make up for this, he won't lend out his own. Fair enough! Mention a demerit around Gibbs and he goes crazy. He has never walked the beat in his four years here. Help-help-this is not reasonable. Can't someone do some- thing about this! University of Michigan bound, he would make a good lawyer.