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

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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

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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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Samuel R. (ii.eaves (Sanimv) . Wythkvili.p. Ya. Corp.. Acting Serg’t.. Lieutenant; Hop Manager. Plcnimrc with iiiMt ruction mIiouIiI l«c joined; So tnkc llu chaff ntul leave the corn behind. Next to Comly he represents the highest development of the West Point S]X onoid. Can say more pleasant things with less apparent effort than any other man living. Were it not for the fact that he survived furlough we should fear greatly that he would come to grief on graduation leave. Has never been heard to pronounce the final letter of door and strongly objects to I-. P's. James Goethe (Jimmy) . . . Vak.w illk. S. I). Lieutenant. •' It i wont wined orach- ' You could have hentd the brat tug of your pulse While he spake. A man of a thousand accomplishments, a talented con vcrsationali t. easy, fluent, emphatic, when necessary, and convincing always; a born courtier and a reasoning gentleman. lie has ideas and never hesitates to 'defend his thoughts about them. At any time one may hear him defending the cause oi justice and denouncing oppression. So well does he assume his role that it is hard to imagine him as any other than the sole target of an unreasoning Academic Board. As before stated this beau is versatile—he writes. See his pamphlet on A perfect Lady.” dedicated to Archie Sunderland. Walter S. Grant (Schuyler) (L'seless) . Ithaca, X. V. Corp.. ist Scrg’t., Captain. It. A.. July u. ’99; Class President: Color Line. V . 07: Hundredth Night, yy. '00: Toasted Class '99. New Year’s. 99. and “The Corps.” New Year’s. 1900: Howitzer, lyoo. •• liny false linir ntul tlintch your poor thin roofs. Our only bald head. Is by no means sensitive on the point and claims that this distinction gives him a venerableness which even Buck Manus docs not possess. There are different stories about his bald spot. Some attribute it to bis wife, others to the fact that fortune and his friends always choose that spot upon which to pat him. and still others assert that he plucks out hair in handfuls while in a state of poetic frenzy. 37