Mississippi State University - Reveille Yearbook (Starkville, MS)

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2b REVEILLE 1907 ROBERT PEARSON ELLIS, Starkville, Miss. Industrial Pedagogy. Second Lieutenant Company H. Bob is very much devoted to his studies, and can well be called a true scholar, for in the class-room he is excelled by none. He is very punctual in all of his work, and has been known to wade through showers of hail and floods of water before he would allow h ' s seat to be vacant. He is very fond of athletics, but, owing to his frail physique, he has only been able to claim his place on the class teams. Town Prep Association. And still they gazed, and still the wonder grew, That one small head could carry all he knew. EUGENE BREWSTER FRENCH, Natchez, Miss. j. Igriculture. First Lieutenant Band. • ' E. B. has been a member of the Band for quite a while, and is very talented along the musical as well ;is along other lines. His greatest ambition is to become a physician of wide reputation, He is the life of every crowd, and mischief is seen in the twinkle of his eye. His disposition is one to bo envied. He has made himself famous as an orator. Secretary and Treasure) ' Class, ' 03- ' 04; Captain Class Base-Ball Team, ' 04- ' 05; Sergeant George Rifles, ' 05- ' 06; Freerewski Band; President Cotillion Club; Philotechnic Literary Society. Some days of joyanee are decreed for all.

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190; REVEILLE JAMES OLIVER EASTLAND, Meridian, Miss. Agriculture. First Lieutenant Company H. Oliver is the baby of the Senior Class, and, on ac- count of his smallness of stature, he- is better known as Skinnie. He invariably wears a smile and never has a serious thought. Skinnie is very proud of his rank, and is very prompt in the performance of hi.3 duty, and especially that of a military nature. He never cuts church, and is never absent from chapel ex- ercises. He is very dignified and Prepping is against his belief. Class Base-Ball Team; Class Poet, ' 06- ' 07. From what hid fountain doth thy joyance flow? PERCY MORGAN ELLETT, Arkabutla, Miss. Agriculture. Captain Company B. He has a very dignified appearance and one must know him in order to know his personal qualities. Chemistry is his favorite study. He will some day be president of a bank, or at the head of a large com- mercial business. Percy has gained popularity by his originality. Secretary Class, ' 06- ' O7; Class Base-Ball Team; Class Prophet, ' 05- ' 06: German Club; Reveille Staff. He kept with princes due decorum. Yet never stood in awe before ' em.

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i9 7 REVEILLE 27 SIMPS )X GREEN GRAHAM. Agriculture. First Lieutenant Company C. Sim is a great athlete, being a member of the ' Varsity Foot-Ball Team. He is a fierce player, and those who know him dare not get in his way. He is a great artist and a special admirer of Blue. Dev- ilment and mischief can be seen in his very eyes. His favorite study is Chemistry. He will perhaps superin- tend a large farm in Ferry County, which he tells us is the land of peace and happiness. Philotechnic Literary Society; First Lieutenant George Rifles; ' Varsity Foot-Ball Team. ' 05- ' 06, ' 06- ' 07; Elysian Club; German Club; Tennis Club. Happy the man who is void of cares and strife. WILLIAM BURTON HAIRSTON, Meridian, Miss. Agriculture. First Lieutenant Company F. Bill has a head shaped like an ideal business man ' s, and unless some radical change takes place real soon he will occupy some exalted position in th s busy world. He cares nothing for military, but in his academic work he is a Jonah. He knows nothing of trouble. He has given the subject of love much time and thought, and he says, Woman ' s love i greater than power, sweeter than life, and st onger than death. Class Base-Ball Team, ' 04- ' (?5: German Club. Cease, every joy, to glimmer on my mind, But leave, oh! leave the light of nope behind.