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

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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

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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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Ralph E. Pettit Freeport, New York. U. S. Navy Chief Electrician,. Radio, Cruiser Squadron. Enlisted April 6, 1917. Discharged July 19, 1919. Past: Touring the world for his health. Present: Trying to leave the women alone and to study. Future: To be a second Doug Fairbanks. Ambition: To be the father of a family of six. Charles G. Pusey Salisbury, Maryland. Past: Dark. Present: Slinging his electrical knowledge. Future: Doorbell expert. ' Ambition : To own his own power plant. Wallace E. Saunders Los Angeles, Calif. U. S. Army, 2nd Engineers, First Lieutenant. Enlisted May 11, 1917. Discharged July 3, 1919, 19 months A. E. F. Past: Seeing the world on foot. Present: Looking for a sweetheart. Future: Still looking. Ambition: To be idolized by the women. Walter A. Schroeder Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Past: Helping to make Milwaukee famous. Present: Scooping for “Sparks.” Future: Professor in Mathamatics. Ambition: To learn to use a slide rule. Norman E. Zinn Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Past: Campaigning for Berger. Present: Same. Future: Passenger on the Soviet Ark. Ambition: To be president of Tie Walkers’ Union. “Petty” Rebel Wallic Walt Bolsheviki IN AND AROUND OUR CLASS ROOMS Why has Nash cold feet? Why, because he is a conductor. Why is Nowrocki detained in Room 18 when he comes in late? Ask Pilger, he knows. In chemistry the instructor asked “Red” Zinn what the conservation of energy was. Zinn answered, “It is something, about like the way we get milk from the sun.” He explained further, “The sun shines on the earth causing the grass to grow. The cows eat the grass and the farmers get milk from the cows.” Professor Raeth (in chemistry), “Mr. Hlisting, what causes balloons to ascend ? Page Two Hundred Forty-two