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

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Robert Emmet Bradley Like the famed Irishman after whom he was named, Emmet has made an enduring name for himself in things oratorical. Future generations may well regard his greatness with awe, and if they are capable of such high ambitions, let them strive to follow in his foot-steps. Well do we remember the ease with which he waded through Homer and Virgil, and the skilful manner in which he conducted his chemical and physics “lab” work. Then merely to show that his ability was not confined to mental activities alone, he proceeded to distinguish himself in basketball, tennis, squash and dominoes. From this wordy recital of his accom- plishments, and we fear we have not yet done him justice, it is clear that Emmet possesses almost infinite potentialities. Emmet has the distinction of being the “Guardian angel of the class.” If we had not promised to reveal any secrets, we could tell of times when his solicitous care approached well nigh the heroic. He always smiled in a tolerant sympathetic way on all our wild ambitions and extrava- gant flights of fancy, and on these occasions he would give utterance to such poetic outbursts as, “Thou art intoxicated with the wine of youth.” At all times he has manifested an abundance of common sense. He is not given to sentimental- ism and frivolous romancing. He is so calculating, composed, consistent, un- perturbed at everything, insensible to worry, that we often wonder if he is not totally lacking in “nerves.” Encouragement, which he is always willing to give, and kindly criticism, interest in others, absolute disinterestedness in self, these are the things that have won for him a very warm spot in the hearts of all of us. He has never let us into the secret of what he intends to do, but we who know him so well are confident that he shall rise to great heights in whatever he does. 23