St Johns College - Yearbook (Annapolis, MD)

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History of Sophomore Class aw T HE 18th of September, 1900, is one of the most memorable dates in the - annals of St. John's College. On that day there came here a band of youths such as had never been here before. Qur historian of last year has told the history of the beginning of this noble class, and it has been given to me to continue the great work begun by my most worthy predecessor. Of course, the first thing to do was to organize ourselves into a body. A meeting was called and we elected the following class oflicers: John F. Mudd, president 5 J. Wirt'Wilmer, vice-president, and P. C. jones, secretary and treasurer. The part we took in football, and how we studied during the winter and boned for our exams., has already been told. I Before the close of college we had attained such a degree of superiority both in the classroom and on the athletic field that President Fell pronounced us to be the best all-round Freshmen class that had been here during his presidency. We certainly have proved this to be true. In our field meet with the upper classes we came out in the fourth place, yet in our other games, as in' baseball, we came out with flying colors. In our field meet, notwithstanding that fourth place is the lowest place, we 'scored 25M out of the I46 points possible, against 2 points made by the Freshman class of the year before. Cooper did good work putting the shot, and would, undoubtedly, have taken flrst place had it not been for his sprained wrist. All three places in pole vaulting were taken by Halbert, Mudd and Revell. Tarbert won the quarter-mile run and Halbert, Cronin, Burwell and Scarborough easily won the mile relay. The relay team that was sent to Philadelphia included two of our members-Halbert and Cronin. The inter-class baseball games now engaged our attention, and we practiced very hard every day before the games. There was slightsdoubt as to the out- come of these games, but, of course, we expected to win them. The junior class f'o2j', called the Banner Class, only by themselves, however, supposing themselves to be superior in every respect to all the other classes, thought, or at least said, that they would have a cinch with us. But, alas! Poor Juniors! Beaten by a team of measly, contemptible, insignificant Freshmen. We defeated them by the score of I4 to 2. In our other games we were equally successful. The Seniors forfeited to the Sophomores, and we defeated Sophomores by a score of 6 to I, only one man reaching third base. We also defeated the Preps. by a score of IO to 4. Much credit is due to our pitcher, and also to the men who backed him, for these brilliant victories. The teamwas made up as follows: 76 '

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Aw M -, ,- .vt ... .-. Y . ... .......-....--.....-. , , , --,.,,,. ,...... ., ,J R, . . , .. .,.. , is V. fs. - Sophomore Class, 1904 vi-mr 1. f- ....4:.,..,,- ... . -f MOTTO-Vincit Qui Se Vincit. COLORS-Maroon and White. Class Yell Rickety Racks! Rickety Racks! We are the College Crackerjacksg 1 We Will Back Ior Evermore St. John's! St. John's! Ninteen Four! Historian Officers J. WIRT WILMER . . . . . . . President G. W. WILSON ..... . Vice-President H. H. PADGETT ..... ..... S ecretary P. C. JONES ...... . . . . Treasurer 'Q H. B. SCARBOROUGH . .... . Members V- S. Beachley CStudiousJ ....... . Middletown, Md Mallory L. Burroughs C? ? FD . . . . Tompkinsville, Md Elliott H. Burwell CEllieJ . . . . Harwood, Md T. Howard Collins CWilkieD . Snow Hill, Md Burtis W. Cooper CBurtisJ . . . Charleston, Md Randall C. Cronin CSenatorJ . . . . Wilna, Md .Edward O. Halbert CMooneyD . Baltimore, Md John M. J. Hodges C? ? P ? ?D . Annapolis, Md Paul C. Jones CRatJ ..... . . Dunkirk, Md Harry W. Masenheimer CMaseyJ . . Manchester, Md Daniel R. Magruder CDadaJ . . . Annapolis, Md Jolm E. Mudd CBen Hooganj '. . . Bryantown, Md Harry H. Padgett CPigeonJ . . Washington, Md John A. Murphy CPatJ . . . Baltimore, Md 'i.iomas W- Peters -CTomJ . . . Annapolis, Md Egerton S. Powell CToneyJ . . . . Cumberland, Md William L- Revell CCorn Husksb . . . Asbury, Md Harold B. Scarborough CScabbyD . Girdletree, Md Maurice T. Small CSisterj . . Baltimore, Md Tunis R. Strange CTunisJ . . Annapolis, Md Irwin B. Somerville CSomerJ . . Lonaconing, Md J. W. C- Stick fLady-Killerb . . Hampstead, Md Harry S. Tarbert CCountryJ . . . Glencoe, Md J- Wirt VVilmer CPussJ . . . . . La Plata, Md Bert Wilson CBig Wilsonj . . . Blaine, W. Va George W. Wilson COld LadyJ . . . Wilson, W. Va Edward R. Padgett CBig PiggetJ . . Washington, Md Harry I. Jackson CParsonJ . . Baltimore, Md Gordon E. Riggin CLordJ . . . . Crisfield, Md 75

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--r-an-ir?--73 . Mudd, catcher 3 Stick, pitcher g Wilmer, Ist base, Halbert, 2nd base 3 Cooper, 3rd basezg jones, short stop, Cf. Wilson, right field, Scarborough, center field, and Murphy, left held. Tarbert and Burwell wer substitutes. Powell and Burwell represented the college in the tennis meet in Baltimore with johns Hopkins Univer- sity and Western Maryland College. , The time for our June exams. was now fastf approaching, and we saw the necessity of doing some hard work. Consequently we set to work, and after using much midnight electricity and impressing on our minds many of those irregular French verbs and the theories of mathematics, we passed through our exams. verysuccessfully. Therefore, everyone will now admit that the class of 1904 should rightfully be called The Banner Class of St. Iohn's. At one of our class meetings it was decided to have ai banquet in commemoration of our athletic victories. Accordingly, the money was appropriated out of the class treasury, and we had the banquet. Addresses were made by many members on the different things in which our class was interested. The speech by our Presi- dent, Mudd, on. The Class of IQO4,H was very interesting to us, and when he talked of the Hrst accomplishments and the future prospects of the class, the greatest enthusiasm manifested itself among the members of the class. Thus ended our first year, during which we established such a reputation as very few other Freshmen classes has ever yet had. After enjoying our long summer vacation, we returned to St. johns, resolved to begin hard, earnest work again. In a few days after the opening of the college a class meeting was called for the election of new class officers. The following men were elected: I. Wirt Wilmer, president, G. WV1lson, viee-presi- dent, H. Padgett, secretary, and P. C. Jones, treasurer. Three new men, Beachley, Collins and E. Padgett, joined our class at the opening of the session, and have proved themselves to be good men. As athletics form one of the most interesting parts of college life, we were not long in answering to the call for football players. Halbert and Cooper, two regulars, played a fine game during the whole season. Cooper is to be praised for his great work at left tackle. Mudd, Burwell and Scarborough were sub- stitutes. As soon as the football season was over, we settled down to hard studying. According to the exam. marks of all the classes, our class passed the most creditably of any class in college. I do not mean to say that no one in our class Hunked, for that would hardly be true. I cannot do justice to the class by simply stating a few facts concerning it as a whole. Therefore, I will attempt to give the characteristics of some of our worthy classmen. One of the most prominent members is Ben. Hoogan. He 77