St Louis University - Archive Yearbook (St Louis, MO)

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THE ARCHIVE College f t.-. -a ' , 1, ,K ,f , JOHN BRIGHT KENNEDY. Jawn, Canuck. Philalethicg Fleur-de-Lis, '12g Senjun. The Canadian Whirlwind. All that the middle name implies. An English scholar amongst billiardists and billiard star amongst English scholars. Vlfill eventually displace King George on English throne, where he is convinced he should be. And here I stand. Judge, my masters. - Hy. IV. I. ii. 4. FRANCIS ALOYSIUS LANIGAN. Chick, Milton, Philalethicq Fleur-de-Lis, '09, '10, '11, '12, Undergrad. Baseball, '10, 'llg Senjun. Do not imagine, fair reader, that we call him Chick because he's a connoisseur of the Grand and Olive variety of dressed poultry. Has more medals than a Civil War veteran. Will displace Blythe, Dunn, Chesterton, and many others in the world of letters. Popular with everybody, particularly the ladies. Under doctor's orders not to study. Lucky boy. He's honorable, And, doubling that, most holy. - Cyrn. iii. 4. BERNARD JOHN NICNIAHON. Bernie, Black, Duke, JOe. Philalethie, Glee Club, Fleur-de-Lis, '10, '11, Business Manager, '12, '13, Track, '10g Senjun. Mac has in short time evolved rabbit-brains to the mental acumen of an elephant. Mac takes a passing interest in French and German, and is extremely popular with the teachers of modern languages. Will be married some day. He awaits, however, the required 3350 per. Sure, I-Ie that made us, gave us not That capability and god-like reason TO rust in us unused. - Hy. IV. 4. CHRISTOPHER JOHN MUCKERMAN. Muck, l'Frost, Buzfuz. Philalethic, Glee Club: Fleur-de-Lis, '11, '12, Undergrad. Football, '11, '12, Track, '10, '13: Senjun. Renowned philoso- pher, poet, economist, and lawyer. Has a remarkable insight into Stellar lore. Will tell you what a magnihcent study Astronomy is when you consider the beautyof the Stellae CAstronomical terminologyj. He is still hunting for the missing point. Will prob- ably star-gaze through life. Give me my Romeo, and, when he shall die, Take him and cut him out in little stars, And he shall make the face of heaven so ine, That all the world will be in love with night. + R. J. iii. 2.

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ST. LOUIS UNIVERSITY POWHATAN HUGHES CLARKE. 'lPowee, Injun. Philalethicg Glec Club, '12g Fleur-de-Lis, '10, '11, '12: Senjun. Holds up thc society end of thc class. In his element when in a dress suit. Also plays tennis, sails and swims like a shark. The latest is that he is going to study lawg but who knows? Costly thy habit as thy purse can buyg But not expressed in fancyg rich, not gaudy: V For the apparel oft proclaims the man. - Ham. i. 3. EUGENE ALPHONSE ERKER. Gene, Shipmaster, Traveler, Philalethicg Glee Clubg Senjun. This gentleman will inform you concerning the habits of other peoples. Takes a peculiar delight in Hghting with the spectacled members of his species. Always grins at the sound of breaking glass. Wfe are informed that he is a mountain climber, but that his daring does not extend beyond the Pine Belt. YVill grind glasses. If it be ought towards the general good, Set honor in one eye and death in the other, And I will look on both indifferently. - J. Caes. i. 2. FREDERICK ANTHONY HECKMAN. VVoodshed, Heck, Chesterlield. Senjun. A quiet sort of a fellow. Very studious. CWe speak of appearance, not experienced He stands very high in St. Charles Township C6 feetD. Will some day be town-marshal. Take heed, for he holds vengeance in his hands To hurl upon their heads that break his law. - R. III. i. 4. FREDER1cK JULIUS HOFFMAN. Ted, Julius, Seizer. Philalethicg Fleur-de- Lis, '10, Undergrad. Baseball, '12: Senjun. Teddy's French teacher thinks more of this little boy than he does of himself. When Teddy gets his A. B. the Faculty will hire a band, take two months' vacation and celebrate. Has lots of brains, and is great on high finances. Will sell mining stock with Carroll. That's my point, Ben. This Senior-junior, giant-dwarf.-Love's L. iii. 1. College u , 2. 1.57, '4 f if .1 ' 1 I X 1 5 1 1 gfig' ?'

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ST. LOUIS UNIVERSITY ROBERT ARCHER O'REII,I.x'. Doc, Bob, Booster. Philalethie, GleeClub, Fleur-de-Lis, '10, '11, Business Manager, '12, '13, Undergrad. Football, '11, Senjun. Insists on the O in his name. He is the Kid of the class. So keen on advertising that his one ambition in life is to be a sandwich man. Somebody asked Doc what a surgeon in the army had to do to be buried with military honors. Doc suggested that he might have to die: Move on, Doc! You're standing on your foot. Shucks! Can virtue hide itself?-Much A. ii. 2. JOHN VVILLIAM PEITZMEIER. - Peitz, Dutch, VVonIan-hater, Don Juan. Philalethic, Fleur-de-Lis, '11, '12, Senjun. Wein, Weib und Gesang is Peitz' philosophy, with the second article omitted. We do not mean he is desti- tute of susceptibility for the weaker sex. He is content with merely admiring. Of stoical tempera- ment, he has the brain of a Descartes. Expert pianola pusher. Favorite tune, Hungarian Rhap- sody. Is to be a convert to good Inusic for life. Will probably deal in delicatessen. ' I have immortal longings in me. -A. C. v. 2. FRANCIS RICHARD TOBIN. California Boy, Autumn. Philalethie, Glee Club, Fleur-de-Lis, '12, Track, '10, '12, DfIanager Undergrad. Football, '10, Manager 'varsity team, '12, Senjun. Frank is a magnificent manager. Always does his best work in the fall of the year. Is as Iickle as fortune. Boy is handsome, but We needn't mention it. They say he beat us out of a feed. As prompt and punctual as the Wawbash - Verb. Sap. Will manage jack johnson. . His voice was propertied As all the tuned spheres, and that to his friends. - A. C. v. 2. THOMAS EUGENE VODICKA. Tom, Solomon, Sphinx. Philalethic, Senjun. Hails from the Oklahoma wilds. A philosopher of repute. Could overthrow the Scholastic System of Philosophy if only the Prof. would be reasonable. Torn is not talkative, but will surely make an awful noise some day. May make his fortune singing for phonograph records. 'Twere a concealment Worse than a theft, to hide your doings. Rome must know the value of her own. - C. i. 9. College 'I f r .Y S 1 fl 5 -Q' I H 1:2 2 a five . i f' - 2 ., A. , , . .