Loyola University Maryland - Evergreen / Green and Gray Yearbook (Baltimore, MD)

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EUGENE F. BALDWIN. Secretary of the col- lege debating society. At the top of the class ladder alphabetically and often otherwise. Came second in class balloting as our most consistent student. Has been handicapped dur- ing college years by al- ways being called first in difficult subjects and facing examiners. We were ever in a state of wonderment what the “F.” in his name stood for, but the last two years has convinced us it indicates Ford. Car- buretors and planetary transmissions fall into his conversation just as naturally as the weather does to an ordinary person. Gentle of manner, stately in bearing, he has made himself popular with the student body. Lends a guid- ing hand to everyone — especially to damsels on slippery floors when the orchestra is playing “Are you from Dixie?” His innocent, intellectual face should not be taken too literally. When sitting behind the steering wheel of a Ford he feels as happy as a king on a golden throne. Fox trots divinely. Pro- nounces “Descartes” with a jitney accent. Has a commenda- ble habit of spending hours in libraries searching for works of Shakespeare— under automobile ads. Is convinced that after all there are only two books — the Bible and the Ford catalogue. No matter whom he’s with he can’t prominade Charles street without stopping at every automobile and look- ing at the engine. The boy with the burning blush. (23)

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from us. Out of a one time class of sixty we now number only ten. Like a rocket we have clung together for eight transcendent years, rising, ascending, until before the eyes of all on a night in June the rocket shall burst and after the pyrotechnic display of our graduation is over we go floating out into those worlds of ours, fanned by the winds of adversity, strengthened in our course by the inspiring influence of our intellectual mother, our Alma Mater. In those distant days may we often clasp one another’s hands. May the precepts of Loyola strengthen us in all that our hands And to do. May the spirit of honor, truth and morality gained at Loyola be ever with us as we scatter along life’s far-flung battle line. When time is about to blow our bruised and broken reeds of life’s probation out of the world of reckoning, when our wearied senses fall into protracted retrospection, then shall we, looking back over our ventures and undertakings, lift up our eyes to the spirit of our Alma Mater and exclaim: “Thence- cameth all my strength” ! Fare ye well, my fellow classmates. Joseph Jerome Quinn, ’i6. (22)

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ANTHONY V. BUCHNESS. Made his debut at Loy- ola in 1908. Has shone as a star in the Math- ematic firmament. Win- ner of prizes and pre- miums each year in Mathematics, Chemis- try and Physics. Cap- tain of the basketball team, 1915-16, one of its most successful sea- sons. Launched out into the sea of oratory this year by entering the preliminaries for the public debate. Has an enviable reputation as an all-around athlete. A great factor in put- ting Loyola in that basketball realm which she enjoys today. As a baseball player he has been our favor- ite. Ran a tie race in the class balloting as our best all-around class man. Tony has a widening circle of friends due to his good nature and optimistic disposition. A teacher of mathe- matics at Loyola, also on the teaching staff of the Baltimore public night schools. Spends his spare time looking for wan- dering amoebae. Set him down to a mathematical problem that looks as impossible as a canoe ride up Paca street, and like the kid in the Pear’s soap ad., “he won’t be happy ’till he gets it.” It’s a toss-up whether he looks more natural sitting in a philosophic circle or standing outside a geometric circle. Tony is known and well liked by the faculty and student body. Physically large, his heart has grown in proportion with the rest of his body. A ready debater and an artist. (24)