Illinois College - Rig Yearbook (Jacksonville, IL)

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WARREN PIERCE NEW HoI.I.AND, ILLINOIS Whipple Academy 1913. Sigma Pi. Foot-hall '12, '13, '14, '15, '16. Basket-ball '13, '14, '15, '16. Manager '15, '16. Captain '16, Base-ball '13, '14-, '15, '16, Man- ager '14, '15. Captain '16, Major-Chemistry, B. S. NVell! well! well! Look who's here! Piercie! It isn't very surprising. though, is it? You generally find him wherever there's anything going on. He's usually mixed up in it too. Always ready for a scrimmage or a good lime,-if, indeed, in his vocabulary they are not synonymous. Versatile is the adjective that suits him exactly. An extraordinary athlete, a good student, a good fellow, and a lady fusse1 '--quite a combination! However, I don't think you would hear about any of his accomplishments from him. Hc's a modest little violet. Just ask some one else and you will get a characteristic reply whose truth is not at all detracled from hy the rather promiscuous style, for example:- You've got to hand it to hiln. He's a regular guy. 5 , I ra -lm Q J w 'fa

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WILLIAM A. BERBYMAN JAcKsoNvll.l.E, ILLINOIS Franklin High School 1913. Sigma Pi, Treasurer '15-'16, Critic ,17, Chairman Finance Committee '16-'17. Freshman Debate '13-'14. Society Debater '16-'17. Oratorical Association ,16-'17. Collegiate Deba ter '16-'17, Manager College Rambler '15- '16, '16-'17, Dramatic Club, Adrian in 6'The Tempest , Horatio in Hamlet. Major -- History and Political Science, A. B. I can believe you, Bill, when you say that fussin is your favorite game, you give most of your tilne to it. I fancy, and should be a ditticult opponent. As a matter of fact, you are. If you remember, I once asked you what was your hobby, and you told me, Bill, that it was arguing. But Bill, why is it you must always get red in the face in the tourney of reason? YVhy not despatch your antagonist in a manner cool and delib- crate? You could do it just as well, and with more applause, I'm sure. Nevertheless, I confess you do it anyway. You have always that dapper, alert air which would seem to bespeak an all-sutticient self-confidence, yet you tell me, Bill, that you do think the Lord can help you out once in a while. For you, Ping Bodie is the one great man of historyg he cuts occasionally, you say, and that's the reason. Not a bad Llgiitbgr fZ15,7, one, I think. I almost agree with you, for subscribers I owe much to Ping myself, though on other N A-7, ' ,., , grounds. Some day, you'll be a great iinan- -s . . Qu 1-Q! ,lg ' n cicr, I have no doubt, and when the rest of '.5?.ag-F---15 uggmlft' - - X ::: 'L -: . us are paupers, you'l1 be drinking cherry gg: 35 if- - A so . . . tl! gg. 0 ' 2 cocktails on the Great White Way, and tip- til.: ping the waiters with ten dollar gold pieces. Yes, that's what you'll be doing, Bill, some day. 21

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1 r.oBEn'r1v1. CAPPS A J.u:KsoNvlI.l.ls, I1.I.lNols Whipple Academy 1913. Sigma Pi, Vice-President '16, President '16, Critic '17. Ora lorical Assn. '15-'16, '16-'17. Society Debater, '15-'16, '16-'17. Collegiate Debater, '15-'16, '16- '17. ' Class Treasurer '16-'17. Y.M.C.A. Cabinet '16, '16-,17. Treasurer. Dramatic Club. Secretary Athletic Assn. '16-'17, Secretary Board of Control ,16- ' '17. - - Class Secretary Alumni Fund Assn. Big Veda Editor-in-Chief. Major-Chemistry, A. B. Bob, more generally known as Skinnay , has in Illinois College a record which will rank well with the record of the historic Capps family. A member of the third generation, he has displayed that clear, analytical thinking ability characteristic of his ancestors. Though reserved in manner. his worth was easily discovered by his fellow stu- dents and hc has been given no small part in the activities On the Hill. This Big Veda of which he is thc Editor-in-Chief, speaks more forcibly than words of his sterling qualities. Bob has dignity but not without humor. His clever stories are always welcomed by the fellows and have been something of a factor in gathering about him a large number of friends. ' l tk' ' Elec tra af: 0 A - f 0 ik' gait V, .- f . ,Z f' . ff' sgY 'v - , V Z' fyfd' g--JL fi 45 23