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

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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

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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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-The 11920 •-•-' .„JZ'—' X , Mr. Rusting (after deep meditation), “Hot air.” Nash (from rear of the room), “What holds you down then, Husting?” “It makes a difference,” said the mathematics professor, “Mr. Haines, how old would a person be who was born in 1883? And Haines to figure it out began, “Which is it,” he asked, “a man or a woman?” Mr. Castlcman giving a lecture on the art of modern advertising was endeavoring to bring before the class how some ‘ads’ were made to catch the eye quicker than others. “You take,” said the lecturer, “The bill posters at the Gayety theater, they appear devilish clever.” Mr. Ericson (in mathematics), “Calculas was discovered by Sir Isaac Newton when an apple fell from a tree and struck him on the head. Nash (in the front row), “Too bad it wasn’t a brick.” A student in mathematics became tangled up in a geometrical problem. The professor endeavoring to aid the unfortunate, asked what he would do if lie was confronted with the problem of driving a nail, 'file student an- swered that he would use a hammer. “Certainly,” said the mathematics in- structor, “You use your head, do the same in geometry.” The English professor in giving a lecture on Pope’s poem, “The Rape of the Lock,” was telling how the heroine, Balinda, and the hero, in the cabin of a sailing vessel were indulging in liquid refreshments. “I wonder what those refreshments might have been?” asked the professor. “Guess it was 2.75 anyway, that was before July 1st,” said a voice from the rear of the lecture hall. The.joker: “Mr. Castlcman, how would you pronounce SOU P? Mr. Castlcman answered the question giving the correct pronunciation. The joker: “I’ve heard several Milwaukeeans pronounce that word like Z U P. Mr. Raeth (in chemistry) : Mr. Zinn, what did you study in today’s lesson ? ‘Red’ Zinn : “Oh. about atoms. (Adams.) ‘Ready Red’ Miskela: About Eves too didn’t you, Zim? Teachers for a long time have been shaking “a wicked shoulder” now and then, but nobody ever thought of calling it the ‘shimmy.” The great question bothering the Techs is, “Is it ever too late to learn that it’s best to be early?” Weather, (next summer): Internal: Very dry. External: Very hot. Confidence. Passenger (after first night on board ship)—T say, where have all my clothes vanished to? Steward: Where did you put them before you got into bed last night? Passenger: 1 folded them up carefully and put them in that cupboard over there. Steward: I see no cupboard, sir. Passenger: Are you blind man? I mean that one with the round glass door to it. Steward: Lor’ bless me. sir. that ain't no cupboard, that’s the port hole. Page Two Hundred Forty-three