Milwaukee School of Engineering - EMF Yearbook (Milwaukee, WI)

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 M P TKE i920 ...- — « (V Erwin M. Eckhardt “Johnny-thc-Hard.” Milwaukee, Wisconsin. ‘Y’ worker and Liberty Bond salesman, flag waver and general patriot. Past: Uncle Sam’s right hand man. Present: Extracting the cube root of a cucumber. Future: You guess it. Ambition: To determine.the temperature coefficient of Halley’s Comet. Vernon C. Haines “Chemistry Kid’’ Ann Arbor. Michigan. 13th C.o., First Artillery, U. S. Marine Corps. Foreign Service, Haitian Republic, 1 year and Dominican Republic, 14 months. Enlisted August 2. 1915. Discharged June 12, 1918. Past: Shooting ‘Spicks.’ Present: Trying to be an Edison. Future: To perfect the manufacture of diamonds. Ambition: To be mayor of I. R. F. A. Hauber ' “Big Noise” Milwaukee, Wisconsin. 107th Engineers, A. E. F. Private. First Class. 15 months A. E. F. Enlisted July 17. 1917. Discharged May 27. 1919. Past: “Barker” for Barnum and Bailey’s circus. Present: Imitating a “Quaker.” Future: Imitating two “Quakers.” Ambition: No got. Donald R. Holl “Dearie” Peostum. 111. Past: A true Evangelist, shaking ‘Hell’ out of the people with a Ford. Present: Making holes for Johnson Service. Future: Manufacturing Automotive baby carriages. Ambition: To have “The Skin You Love To Touch.” Lloyd Howard “Lassie” Waukesha, Wisconsin. Past: Shaddy. Present: Lobby Hog. Future: Trying to figure out the data taught by Raeth in Chemistry. Ambition: Breeding amperes and ohms in order to produce molecules. Charles L. Johnson “Johnny” Livingston. Montana. Past: Sheep Herder. Present: Eating, sleeping and drinking. Future: A vamp. Ambition : To be a shimmy expert. A. A. McGuigan Freckles Past: Carrying water for the Cincinnati ‘Reds.’ Present: Talking baseball. Future: Carrying more water for the ‘Reds.’ Ambition: To be a second “Babe” Ruth. Page Two Hundred Forty

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£g£S3 ISr I? M -THE H9 0 EMI tbrtrntprhntrian Ralph E. Pettit............................................President Vernon C. Haines .................................... Vice-President La Verne E. Nash .............................Secretary and Treasurer Walter A. Schroeder ........................................Reporter Donald R. Holl ...............................Athletic Representative Wallace E. Saunders ..........................................Editor CLASS COLORS Blue and Gray CLASS FLOWERS Violets CLASS MOTTO “Strive and Succeed” Clarence Abrahamson “Abie” Ludington, Michigan. Past: Blank. Present: Studying mathematics. Future: Determining the number of grains of sand in ‘Old Baldy.’ Ambition: Imitating a boiler ship. Harry H. Adellberg “Ata-Boy” Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Army Air Service. Sergeant eleven months A. E. F. Enlisted January 16. 1918. Discharged July 9, 1919. Past: Ace of Aces. Present: Waiting for the noon whistle to ring. Future: A little cottage with a hedge fence. Ambition: To be a loving husband and a father of ? ? ? ? Charles H. Durfee “Cutie” East Troy, Wisconsin. 146 F. A.. U. S. A. Private, 15 months A. E. F. Enlisted May 8, 1917. Discharged. Past: Following the plow. Present: Ax-bdt. Asr-azy the L. C. D. is—is—Daw-fre zxy-aoy is — h ? @ lb % $ || ’ M yA. Future: Finding the minimum range over the Wells Building. Ambition: To make room enough on a nickle for a buffalo to lie down. Page Two Hundred Thirty-nine

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 W=asgr A. A. Menzel “Chubby’ M ilwaukce, W isconsi n. Past: Short. Present: Asst, inventor S. O. E. experimental department. Future: Running opposition to Marconi. -Ambition: To take the ‘wheat’ out of the Wheatstone Bridge. Edmund J. Miskela Morristown, New Jersey. 104th T. M. E. ‘Blue and Gray’ A. E. F. 8 months. Enlisted June 23, 1917. Discharged March 22, 1919. Past: Powder Monkey. Present: Chief Draftsman, opening and closing windows. Future: Floor manager in a Harem. Ambition: To sleep until noon without being called. La Verne E. Nash Milwaukee, Wisconsin. U. S. Navy Bo’sun Mate Second class, Atlantic Fleet. Enlisted June 2, 1918. Discharged January 29, 1919. Past: Pushing a holystone. Present : Chewing up Haine’s tobacco. Future: Outqucing “Willie Hoppe.” Ambition: To win Miss Hassa Million Bucks. “Red” “Fairy” “Windy’ Frank S. Nawrocki Milwaukee, Wisconsin. U. S. Navy, Pharmacist Mate, First Class, Atlantic Fleet. Enlisted February 10, 1917. Discharged August 30, 1918. Past: Owner of a boat that went so fast that the paint was scorched. Present: Telling about the boat. Future: Rolling the ‘bones.’ Alfred W. Pilger “Charlie Chaplin” Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Officers Training Camp. 149th Infantry, Second Lieutenant. Enlisted Aug. 4, 1919. Discharged Nov. 25, 1919. Past: Driving skirts in Tin Lizzie. Present: Trying to make a hit with the ladies. Future: Chauffeur for Green Cab Co. Ambition: To grow a life size cootie garage. Page Two Hundred Forty-one