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

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. Kknu. Xkvada. Stanley B. Hamilton (H'S'y) . Serg’t.. Act. Serg’t. You Ixmu your jmtc mid fancy wit will conic. Knock at you plouw, there's nobody fit home.” A degenerate. Mis puns beyond the faintest shadow of a doubt arc among the most pathetic phrases in our language. He plays upon every word that he utters with the dismal hope of once in a great while saying something worth remembering. Most of the grinds that our readers will find left out of this hook are from his master mind Ciias. G. Hakvky (Goat) . . . St. Louts, Mo. Leader of Choir. jq and 1900. So swell cacti wiudpi) c ; ass intones to ass. Harmonic twang of leather, liom and brass. He is a leader of the choir, hence one is quite naturally prejudiced against him. Outside of his trade he presents some points of interest if not of occasional amusement. He is pitifully irresponsible, loves where his glance falls and has the pleasant quality of dancing well. As leader of the choir he possesses the pleasing power of converting himself at will into a calliope, siren or combination of cavalry bugle calls. Leroy T. Hillman (Shorty) . . Indianapolis. Ind. Serg't.. Acting Q. M. Serg’t.. Lieutenant. “ From the ngc that children tread thi worldly stage. HrooinstnfTor |x»kcr they l»o tride. and round the parlor love to ride.” A Lilliputian wonder who rides like a buoy on the troubled sea and who swears he shall lake the cavalry. Shorty performs on the piano (usually hack hand springs and hurdle races) and knows a few things about spooning. To the smallness of his size he owes his safety, if not to a great extent, his life—there being a charitable bit of fiction in the Corps that we should not kill any one smaller than ourselves. 28

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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

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Jay I . Hopkins (Oom Paul) (Si) • Cassopoms, Mich. Serg’t Major, Act. Scrg’t.. Lieut, anti Q. M.: Track team, 97. 99. '00: Foot Ball team. '99. and Annapolis A.” Such hnrtnony of colors I ne'er before had hccii. The thing was ml nrouml the head the other parts were green,” A rare exotic, dainty as a fairy queen and graceful as a gazelle. Has a voice like a canary bird and a smile like the break of day. His face and bead, in repose, remind one forcibly of an autumn sunset anti his manner suggests that winning ease of a Southern Cavalier. We do not wish to dispel any illusions that the above may create: we were paid to write it. All we ask is that you turn to the photograph of George Conily and use it as an illustration in place of the one adjoining this advertisement. Arthur I . S. Hyde . . . New York, X. Y. Corp.. B. A.. Serg't. (Colors). Act. Serg't. Major. Lieut. Misses ' the talc that I rrlntc this lesson seems to carry— Choose not alone a proj er mate, hut proper time to marry. A combination of all the oratorical effects of the Texas Norther threshing machine and bazoo-phone. Has a predilection for the dramatic in recitation and waltzes like—er— Hyde. Is “class cup committee.” gold medallist ami was instrumental in obtaining solid silver instead of heavy plate napkin rings for our class—a bit of wonderful forsighted ness. Roiikrt I- . Jackson (Electricity) . Middleton. Conn. Corp.. Serg't. (Colors). Lieut, and Q. M., B. A., July 12. 99: Hop Manager: Foot Ball team. ‘98. 99; Annapolis A.” God bless the mini who first invented sleep. A Philosopher of the most benign sort—leads an absolutely frictionless existence and believes that one small display of energy would ruin his life. Is mild mannered, even tempered and no one has ever noted in him a trace of excitement. He belongs together with Wood and Grant to a society for the suppression of summer spooning and promulgation of sleep—is in fact a star member. 29