Ripon College - Crimson Yearbook (Ripon, WI)

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FERN BRISTOL Oak field, Wisconsin Born August 6. 1896. At an early period of the war. Fern Bristol felt the call to the colors and enlisted with Co. D of Ripon. August 6, 1917. At Camp McArthur, Waco, Texas, the old Co. D was made over into Co. B, 128th Inf. N. G., 64th Brigade, 32nd Div. On his way ‘'over there he was taken sick with pneumonia and was taken directly from the transport to the base hospital at Brest, France. Death claimed him iVlarch 9, 1918. LESTER II. IHRIG Oshkosh. Wisconsin Born Oct. 22, 1896. The Naval Service ap- pealed to Lester and he entered the Radio Service in May, 1917. and was sent to the Naval Training Station at San Francisco. He had qualified for special training at Harvard and was about to leave for there when his death occurred. His death was caused by a hemorrhage of the brain, sustained by a fall in a basketball game between the Naval team and the University of California. The gift of his life on February 24, 1918, was as truly a service in the cause of freedom as if it had been given in a naval engagement. HARRY MIX Berlin, Wisconsin Born July 6. 1896. Entering the service Au- gust 13, 1918, he took up training to become an au;o mechanic. At the time of his death Octo- ber 1. 1918, Harry had acquired the classifica- tion of tirst-ciass mechanic at the Sweeney Auto School. Kansas City. Missouri. 1‘aKC 15

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The Crimson ’20 jijn Cl)ctr £0emorj ®HF. past school year has seen the close of the greatest struggle to be recorded in the annals of history. After two and one-half years of waiting, our country finally cast her lot with that of the Allies in the great struggle for human rights and the freedom of the small nations. With her character- istic whole-heartedness, the United States has sent her millions in men and money to the battlc-scarrcd, war-devastated territory of France and Belgium. Ripon College, as all other educational institutions throughout our land, has responded to the call. Many nf our number have entered the service and some of them have made the supreme sacrifice. It is to the memory of those of our fellow students who have so nobly given their lives in the service that we devote this section of our student publication. They are gone, yet will they live in the memory of their Alma Mater. Any tribute that we can pay to our honored dead is but a slight recompense for the service which they have rendered in upholding our country’s honor. May we, the men and women of the present genera- tion, cherish in our hearts the ideals and principles for which they fought and not be found wanting when the time comes for us to sacrifice our all that these ideals may be maintained. Page 14

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LIEUT. CLIFFORD B. GUTHRIE Robinson, Illinois Born March 8. 1897. The death of Lieut. Guthrie was keenly felt by cl! his classmates and friends. Enlisting in the Aerial Service in September, 1917, by hard study and energetic interest he worked up to the rank of second lieu tenant in the Aviation Corps. At the time of his death he was stationed at Chanute Field and was serving in the capacity of instructor. He was rapidly approaching the zenith of his career as an aviator, when death brought an end to his activities in this world. On a flight of instruc- tion, August 29, 1918, his plane suddenly swerved into a tail spin and crushed to the ground. He was given a military funeral, at which four airplanes showered flowers upon his grave. GEORGE W. WHITNEY Marshfield, Wisconsin Born March 3. 1896. George Whitney, an- other patriot in blue, gave his life in the fight for freedom of the seas, October 19, 1918. He enlisted in May, 1918, and had made three suc- cessful trips across the Atlantic. At the time of his death, resulting from the contraction of bron- chial pneumonia, he was a first class seaman on the U. S. Transport Harrisburg. GEORGE CLARK MERRELL Ripon, Wisconsin Born September 12, 1884. Having led a very active life in school and out. the struggle in Eu- rope early called upon George. Not waiting for America to enter the conflict, he enlisted Novem- ber. 1915, at Victoria. R C.. as a private in the famous 67th regiment of Western Scots. Be- cause of his special training, he was transferred to the Engineering corps and was sent across in May, 1916. September of the same year found him in France and in the battles on the Somme, Messines Ridge. Ypres Sector and finally at Vimy Ridge, where he “got his,” March I, 1917. After months in the hospital he was sent again to the front November 14, 1917. but had to be invalided back to Blighty February. 1918. He died at Kirkdah, Canadian hospital No. 5, near Liver- pool. September 12. 1918, and was buried in the military cemetery at Kirkdah, England. Page to