United States Military Academy West Point - Howitzer Yearbook (West Point, NY)

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C i.i i i ri C. C arson (Cosine) (Wheels). .Mr.vc ik. I no. Corp.. Scrg’i.. Act. Serg't.. (Colors). Captain. •' They Knmhiin :i wheel and nvvry he went. Speeding ntong to his henrt's content. Shows sadly the effect of “Corps Josh on the human system. Is muchly harassed about a set of wheels which some of his friends claim he has in place of brains. This, of course, is a pleasing fiction—there arc no wheels. While in the city on leave he brought forth the plan of a cavalry charge in Central Park—just to surprise the people, you know. Can always depend on him as a man of sound ideas and his plans lack only the possibility of execution. (iKOKCiK 11. Co.mi.y (Marguerite) (I)‘Aubcr). Ixm.w.M'ous, Ixn. Corp.. J. M. Serg't.. Lieutenant. “Seven mul eight—seven and eight. The keystone of West Point social life. Me. together with the Post Adjutant, arranges for the introduction of the many strange-looking femmes” which always show up on the nights of large hops, finding transportation accommodations and a more or less unresisting cadet for each and every one. As hop manager his experiences are strange ones, hut he bears them in a most remarkable manner Kdwin (i. Davis (Daddy) . . Samaria, Idaho. Corp., Serg’t.. Lieutenant. B. A.. July 12. ’99: Howitzer. 1900: Address 4th July. ’99; Toasted Our Future. New Year’s, 1900. Here rillK of oily eloquence in soft Meanders lubricate the course they take. The official father of 1900. though there are doubters who shake their heads when Buck Manus hobbles by with all the signs of decrepit age. Was horn without the sense of humor and is said to have frowned when he first heard a scrcechingly funny grind. Is an oratorical wonder and spouts forth eloquence of marvelous quality with convincing manner. 24

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Prank S. Bowen (Bohiinkus) (Banner). Cedar Rapids. Xeb. My tongue Is singed with buttling word . A ranting, cavorting anarchist. Steps roughshod on the manners of our time and refuses to be civilized. Belongs with Amos. Rockwell and Birnic. high in the ranks of the Knights Hospitallers and has invented a mysterious illness which he claims is worse than Bryanism and more effective than Synovitis. PKESSI.KY K. BRICE (I . K.) . . W lNNSItORO, S. C. Corp., Serg’t.. Lieutenant. •• Must henrd the minor then. Gontnmo? Xny ! then let me tclt it thee. A modern Macchiavelli. Tells most preposterous stories with a most innocent and engaging air. and would make an excellent confidence man. Rivals I . Runty in starting base less rumors. Is president of a mysterious secret society which numbers Pillsbury among its members, and he spends his few spare hours of each day proselyting in the Corps. Pkederick L. Bixk (Buck Saw). . . Brie. Pa. Scrg't.. Acting Serg't.. Lieutenant. '• To err In—Ruck. To forgive—the Com Mas a history of continued hard luck that would have made Job ashamed of himself. Has birthday parties hy tits and -.tarts, and is hail fellow well met. with the lamp post opposite the first div. A great pet of the Com. He is confidential in the extreme and even Corporal Brauigan knows his troubles. Has bit the tan bark once or twice, also the bark on the trees, at the foot of the company streets Has designs on his napkin ring, also on the other rings in the class. 2 3

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Ci.arksck Deems, Jr. (Shiner) . . Baltimore. Mi . Scrg’t.. Acting Serg’t.. B. A.. July 12, 99. ‘ Seldom have I craned to eye Thy Infancy, thy childhood and thy youth. ' Lives with Shorty Hillman, hence shines by reflected light. These two form one of the most notable of our clas friendships ami so tight is the knot that binds their hearts that Shiner” was included in a recent marriage settlement as one of three souls with but a single thought. For further information on the subject see Shorty. Varikn I). Dixon (Colonel) . . . Dixon, Ky. Wlint i» n man. If his chief good and Market of hi time, be but to sleep V' mild Kentuckian who is. nevertheless, a Colonel to the tip of his nose. In his younger days he was the proud owner of a beautiful figure and could be seen bracing per sistentlv for chevrons. Since then he has broadened and thickened until all that was once classic has been folded and bidden in shapeless fat. I kki» C. Doyle (Conan) . . . Boston, Mass. Corp.. Serg’t.. Capt. Track Team. 97. '98. ’ 9. ’00: Rec'd pole climb: Indoor meet. ’97. ’98. 99. 00: Base ball team. ■97: Athletic Representative. • Of nil the Kricfs that burns the distrest. There' nothing so hitter ns n weak-kneed jest. A Solomon in his wisdom. Strokes his chin and blinks in a most fetching way. Plays David to his wife's Jonathan. Is President of a mutual admiration society—his wife is the other member. There are no rules of conduct governing tbi society, save what few its title would suggest, but. as Doyle’s grinds are execrable, there can be no doubt of the true friendship which exists between President ami member. 25