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

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J. NEIL CORCORAN. Our efficient class president since Fresh- man. Voted our hand- somest man. Started out with us in 1908 after winning class prizes in prep. The passing years have seen him develop into a brilliant orator and a capable debater. Won the premium in the oratorical contest of 1915. The Jenkins’ medal for the public de- bate of the present year was won by him. Sec- retary of the college so- dality. An all-around athlete and captain of the basketball team in 1914-15. When in a full dress suit the girls clasp their hands and say “Divine!” A frequent visitor to tonsorial parlors (?). Has a whole victrola concealed in his throat and at unknown intervals selections from Caruso appear — and soon disappear. Insists that Father Ooghe’s room is an ideal place to compose philoso- phic dissertations. Calculates incessantly and is still trying to figure out the size spats the Goddess of Liberty would wear. Never tires in his effort to discover a perfect stonewort. His ambition has led him deeply into the sciences. Every time he picks up a tweezers or looks through a hand lens, the old-time scientists, such as Pasteur, etc., shudder in fear of becoming a burden on humanity because of their uselessness. A sincere student, a remarkable speaker, popuar and handsome, no won- der his years at Loyola have been marked by numerous friendships. (26)

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LEO A. CODD. President of the Guil- ford debating Society of 1915-1916. Vice-Presi- dent during 1914-1915. Prefect of Senior So- dality. Winner of the IViaryland Peace Con- test, honorably award- ed second place in tbr following group state’s contest, and awarded second place in the last Public Debate are some of the honored positions and notable victories at- tained by the tall, good- looking, ever - smiling Senior. Besides being oratori- cally, literary, poetically and philosophically bent, we must add he has found time to assume the role of Pro- fessor, and in such capacity does he teach his native tongue to his night classes of English on every Tuesday and Thursday evening within the same walls that during the day inclose him as a student. For diversion he is wont to roam on hill and dale and verdant green, believing with the poet: One impulse from a vernal wood May teach you more of man. Of moral evil and of good Than all the sages can. We believe that in future years the Halls of Congress shall vibrate with the eloquence of his oratory, and the legal pro- fession which he intends to enter be enriched by his ability. (25)

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JAMES P. KELLY. Honor man of last year’s class and of high standing this year. Stu- dent, philosopher, chem- ist, friend and adviser are some of the many things that have distin- guished him during his years at Loyola. When it comes to a question of Philosophy he can solve it as quickly as the over-growth can come off his face an hour be- fore a party. Try to play a joke on him, and he’ll turn it on you quicker than Fr. Ooghe can dictate when he’s in a hurry. Of good, strong intellect, of never failing judgment, of wonderful ability and insight, he looms up as one of the best mentally equipped men of our class. In late years, he has devoted little time to public speaking, though all of us remember well the days when public speak- ing was given much attention by him. In those days he re- cited much and he made the recitation, “Jto Smiley’s Frog,” one of the most pleasing and amusing recitations ever heard within the walls of Loyola. Being exceedingly modest and shy the frequent parodies given on the piece have discouraged him from speaking publicly of late. Known throughout the county he has a large following of friends, both city and suburban. If philosophy shows one’s mental calibre then Jim should be congratulated. (27)