Springfield College - Massasoit Yearbook (Springfield, MA)

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2 ' ) THE M A S S A S O I T OF 1909 Lessinc Bandeow bandy” Cleveland, Ohio ClevelaTuI High School; I’liysical Director (lerman 1 urn Verein, I’hysical Director . M. C. A., Keene, N. H.; T. S. iqo6; Varsity (Jymnas- tic I ' eam; Class Secretary-Treasurer (Junior ear); Class Indoor and ( )uttioor I rack I earns; Director and Supervisor ot Playgrounds, Cleve- land and Winnipeg; Leader Mandolin Cluh; Director School Orchestra, 1906-07. For ivhat I wtU I will, .‘InJ there ' s an end. Pause, gentle reader, and survey the classic countenance ot one who comhines great artistic ability with a marked degree ot hnancial acuteness. He is the leader ot a musical organization known to the irreverent as l andy’s Banjo Band, and while his esthetic soul is being poured out (tor a small consideration), his little hand ho.x on the fourth floor is garnering in the shekels tor bread and contectionery. Bandy is a ready speaker and has the most protound reverence for his own oracular utterances. Me is a good gymnast, a hard worker, and an excellent musician, and it he can have his own way will bring things to pass. “No, hegoh“

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28 T H E M A S S A S () I T OF 19 0 9 Kkni-s ' i IIovvari) Andkkws l)et-kei ille, Mich. “ano ' ' ” Deckerville High Scliool; 1 ' . S. igo6; Captain Class Iniloor and Outdoor 1 rack Feams; Captain Second Varsity Rugby Feam; .Member Varsity Association bootball and Frack Teams, Class Rugby, Association, 1 rack. Baseball and Canoe learns; Student Instructor; Class Historian; Secretary Lee Literary Society; Secretary A K A. “ jt ' Hoiv in II mnrkft town. If ith rnusiriil voice, cried ‘razors to hone.’ ” In .spite of the olti condemnation of preachers’ sons, we believe there is hope tor “Andy.” Hy keeping busy, he has tried to escape the snares of the tempter. 10 pay his room rent he worked the laundry “graft;” as push-button artist he earned his trips to Adams, and in order to diminish his insatiable ajiiietite for pie he honed razors, pressed clothes, cut hair, and repaired watches. During his spare time he played on most of the class teams. He believes that his school course has been beneficial in that it has taught him how to make a little go a long wav. “ iy hett

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30 THE M A S S A S O I T OF 1909 C. Wil l ,1AM BiNGEMAN KING BIU. Buffalo, N. Y. Veteran Spanish-American War; Social Secre- tary liiiffalo Central V. M. C. A.; Assistant Secre- tary Kingston, N. V’., V. M. C. A.; Secretary V. M. C. A. lent Military Camp; T. S. 1906; President Middler Class; Chairman Woods Hall Committee; Varsity Football and [lockey learns; Corres|)ondent S pringpelJ Republican; President of Lee Literary Society. “The se IS ever to a soldier kind. In iSq.S “Bill,” having driven rhe j edagogues ot I uftalo almost to distraction, saved the nation in general (and l uffalo in particular), hy joining the forces ot “Uncle Sam.” At Camp Alger his chief occupation was learning to play the hugle, altho he also, thru rhe Army Association, endeavored to lead the soldiers into the straight and narrow path. He came to 1 . S. with the amhition to perfect himself in both these arts. Bill has also essayed to become an all-round man. He was class president during our Middler year, won his emblem in football and ice hockey, and roomed with Conklin, helie ing that hy so doing his success intellectually was assured. With the fair sex he has been first favorite, some of his rival s having declared that he really ought to write a thesis entitled, “F ' em- inine Life in S|iringheld.” Bill really gained distinction, however, hy his demonstration of the unicpie facility with which he could, with or without a modicum of facts, hold forth and elucidate on any subject whatever, either as iilatform orator or as School Correspondent of the Repithhcati. re ou