Mississippi State University - Reveille Yearbook (Starkville, MS)

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1909. REVEILLE. Vol. V. JAMES BERT ANTHONY West. Miss. Agriculture. Second Lieutenant, Company A. Dialectic Society, ' 06- ' 09; President First Term, ' 08- ' 09, Magruder Debating Club; Director Hutchinson Agricultural Club, ' 08- ' 09; Attala County Club; John Sharp Williams Club; Class Football, ' 06- ' 07, ' 07- ' 08. Mark is a representative from Attala Courtly, who came up a year ahead of most of us and took a Working-Boy s Course. He deserves great credit for having Worked his Way through school. He is a hard student, but has taken considerable interest in foot- ball, having played on both the Class Team and Scrub Eleven. Anthony is to be admired for his industriousness, honesty, and determination. He is a good speaker and a clear thinker. Some day he expects to own a stock farm and have his thoroughbreds famous. GEORGE EVANS BAIRD Inverness, Miss. Agriculture. Private, Company C. German Club; Collegians, ' 08- ' 09; Elysian Club, ' 07- ' 08; Skidoo Club; Swamp Rabbits; George Rifles; Mississippi Saber Company. George, or Duke, is a jolly, good-natured youngster who lakes life easy, especially during breakfast, church, and chapel — sleeping. Doesn ' t let studies interfere with his pleasure, but never shirks a duty except when he wants to go to town. He is quite popular among the girls and is a good dancer. He is thinking seriously about taking a peep into a book before getting his diploma. George ' s chief characteristic is his grin, and he is distinguished for his intense application to study and for that social instinct which in him is developed to such an abnormal degree. -Twenty-nine

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1909. REVEILLE. Vol. V. JAMES GROVER BENNETT Crystal Springs, Miss. Mechanical Engineering. First Lieutenant, Company C. Lee Guard, Mississippi Saber Company; Copiah County Club, ' 07- ' 08, ' 08- ' 09; Class Baseball, ' 07- ' 08; Class Football, ' 06- ' 09. Grover is a reserved and model young man. To a stranger he seems to be a Quiet, sedate sort of a fellow, and, true, he has but little to say, except when writing to his beloved in Crystal Springs, when he tells of the horrors of Mathematics and the glories of Foot- ball. Is a good student, but since Calculus got into the course, he has never been a friend to Mathematics. He played star foot-ball on the Class Team and has won many friends. MAHLON THOMAS BIRCH Shawnee, Okla. Mechanical Engineering. Captain, Company E. Dialectic Literary Society; Glee Club; Skidoo Club; ' 09 Krags; Cosmopolitan Club, ' 05- ' 06; Secretary, ' 07-08, ' 08- ' 09; German Club, ' 06- ' 09; Secretary, ' 07- ' 08; President Collegians, ' 07- ' 09; Lee Guard, ' 06- ' 08; Color Sergeant, 07- 08 (resigned) ; Class Poet, ' 05- ' 06; Class Historian, ' 06- ' 07; Class Representative to Columbus, ' 07- ' 08; Reception Committee I. I. and C, ' 05- ' 08; First Sergeant, Mississippi Saber Company, ' 08- ' 09; Toastmaster, Junior Banquet, ' 08; Toastmaster Football Banquet, ' 09; Chairman Calendar Board of Publication; Young Men ' s Chrisian Association Cabinet; Business Manager, ' 09 REVEILLE; Ten- nis Club ; Class Representative at Commencement, ' 09. Red, in coming to us in the Freshman year, made a valuable addition to the Class. He is one of that untiring kind who are needed to push things on toward the goal of success. He is an excellent business man, as can be seen by the way he has so well han- dled the business affairs of the Class from time to time. Birch is not an athlete, but has been the instigator behind many projects for the purpose of boosting that phase of College life. He is a shark in his studies and has an excellent record, but still finds time to set things in their lighter vein. He is easily recognized by his red hair and his peg trousers. Red never was a believer in military until the idea came with his captainship. His artistic talents are such as to be envied by all. Being a gentleman by birth and tearing, he is a natural leader, and is one of the most successful men We have as a Toast-master, or German Leader. His ready wit and genial humor have gained for him many friends. Those who know him intimately more than appreciate his qualities. — Thirty