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

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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

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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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Raymond II. Fenner (Monte), Virginia City, Mont. Serg't.. Lieutenant. « iir nnnicH swore terribly in Flanders, Cried my Uncle Toby, but notliitiK t« this. Belongs to a “D” company aggregation and admires Brice. Is a bureau of information for his friends and the reputed author of the scries of letters signed Frank. and meant for Amos. When he first entered he was straight forward and guileless, but in his later years we find a knowing twinkle in his eye and his days are spent in intrigue. Is possessed of a slight lisp, which, with his shyness on advance, makes a winning band. Charles I.. J. Froiiwittkk (.Fritter) . Hoston, Mass. C'orp.. Serg't.. Lieutenant, B. A., July 12. ’99. l.orginuii, I.tvy, fumed Thucydides, Quintillinn, Pinto mid Demosthenes, Pcrtmiudvc Tally nml CnrdiihnV sage, who fell by Nero’s unrelenting mgc. (This sort of speck :ul infinitum.I A man haunted with an idea that the rest of his class is trying to out-speck” him. Has mastered all sorts of memory codes and can speck a page of history on both sides at once with the aid of his formula. . Takes on a cataleptic stare while reciting and emerges only after having completely winded himself. Herman Glade (Herman) . . Kki nsu u k. Ini . Act. Serg't.. B A.; Indoor meet. ‘07. ‘98; Rcc'd pole climb; Foot Ball team, ’98. 99; A. A modest man—his every word n deed. A queer character which sometimes exhibits itself in outbursts of still queerer dialect. He uses the German language by permission of Congress and spends bis spare moments boning up a few Fnglish sentences—just enough to get his food at the mess-hall. Very little is known about him and that little is a matter of speculation. He does not spoon, hut if properly taken in hand should make a reasonably good husband for some one speaking bis language. 26