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

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. LoriSVILLK. Ky. Edward P. Nones (Sal) . Serg’t. Firm Doric j-UInrw fonnc«l the solid Imse. The fnir Corinthlnn crown the lilghi r «pjice. And nil below is strength nnd nil nhove is grace. The Adonis of Profane History. A composite pho o of Faith. Hope and Charity with very pink cheeks and a snide of Cherubic sweetness thrown in. He is president of the Fat Men's Club by virtue of his shape, size and poetry of motion. Like Nelson of the Client. Department he is a genius and lias arranged a little affair, using as motive power his wife's wheels, by which the lights are lighted and extinguished. doors closed, room swept and water dragged. This serves to rest Sal and also to prevent waste of a continuous supply of energy. (Jkouijk Pkkkins (Eli) (Si) . . La Crosse, Wis. Act. Serg't.. Champ. Gymnast. 97. '98. '99. '00: Kcc’d Fence Vault. 2 1 Class; Base Ball team. '98; Track team. '97. ’98. '99. '00; “A. That fellow seems to me to possess but one S«tcn, nnd tbnt n wrong one. The other member of the Mutual Admiration Society and Vice-President of same. Has a wonderful set of nerves and needs them too. for the purpose of living off the effects nf Conan's grinds. There is hardly anything on this small earth of ours that Perkins can t do—and he might be induced to try that. I11 all lie is a wonderful man and our modesty in saying so is due to the fact that these histo riettes must praise all alike and we cannot afford to offend. (iKOKCK I . I'll.t.SIM RV (Pill) . . LoWKLL. MASS. Serg't., Lieut.. Capt. (over new cadets). B. A.. July 12. '99: Class Vice-Pres.; Pres. Dialectic: Manager Base Ball team. ’99-1900: Hundredth Night. 1900: Toasted Riding Hall,” New Year's. 1900: Howitzer. 1900. By lliclr work ye shall know them A modern Newton. Knows all the math that was ever invented and has original ideas on almost every subject of human knowledge. Is a great lover of wave-surfaces, hcli-coids, etc., such things as most of us know very little about, and can describe a warped surface using auv horse in the hall us a directrix. Has a remerkable habit of coming out one in nearly everything and so tiands in well with all the professors. Will take the Engineers and have charge of the construction of the great trans-continental highway. 33

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Lewis S. Morey (Sid) . . Sax Antonio, Texas. Corp.. Serg’t Major. Lieut.. Lieut, and Adjutant; Hop Manager: Hundredth Night, 1900. ‘Tis not strange that even our loves with our fortunes change. An ideal lover, warm hearted, impulsive and confiding. Has never experienced the joy of a conquest as the girls can’t keep from adoring him long enough to make it interesting. Keeps in training for spooning and is the inventor of the after reveille strolls. Plays golf with professional ardor (professional spoonoid’s ardor, we refer to) anti has played from Number one around Flirtation to Number six in three hours—strokes not counted. Wii.i.is V. Morris (Hilly) . . . Dayton, Wash. Corp.. ist Serg’t.. Lieut, and Adjutant. B. A.. July 12, ’ : Kcc’d Running High Jump; A”; Track team. ‘97. ’98. '99. ’00; Indoor meet. ’97. 98. '99. ’00; Pres. Athletic Association. ' If ntiy ask me what would satisfy To make life easy, thus would I reply. As much ns keeps out hunger, thirst and cold. This is a large good natured specimen with scarcely a vice other than extreme amiability. Has a broad, rollickey and not too analytical appreciation of this life—accepts everything philosophically and specks those things which he cannot understand. Has a record of some dignity as a heart-breaker but is more than sensitive on this point. Morton C. Mi nima (Mummy) . . Findlay, Ohio. Serg’t. Act. 1st Scrg't: Indoor meet. ’o ' 8. 09 oa; Color Line. '96; Hundredth Night. 97. '98: Base Ball team. ■97. 98, ’99. 1900: A.’’ Howitzer. 1900. Who would with enre some happy fiction frame, So mimics truth, it looks tlu very same.” A rosy-cheeked Munchausen from the President’s own State. Believes that Truth should go forever veiled and would hltish should he meet her in conventional attire. Belongs also to a D” company aggregation, hut instead of following Brice, sets an example which a few. notably Robinson. J. P. and Wood, are beginning to emulate. Is a member of the Synovitis Club and really believes that he has suffered much.

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Topeka. Kan. Act. ist Serg't. Serg't. Lieut. •• Wlmt ? You nay the phrase wm wrongly put My English out if joint? A mild-mannered disciple of Mrs. Lease, who uses the vilest English in the Corps, despite the fact of his first section record. A real case of being made a lieutenant to keep him out « i the ranks. Is strangely unaffected by music of any kind and absolutely can't keep step Has been known to take a steady pace during a Rand interlude at inspection and to march with unconcern to a dreamy waltz. Kdmi'ND M. Riiktt (Rat) . . (’hari.esthn. S. C. Corp.. ist Serg't.. Capt.. Lieut.: Hop Manager. Soeirty I now one polished horde, l;(innrd of two mighty tribes. the t om« and bored. A small South Carolina tire-eater, who loves the tactical department as much as the tactical department loves him. At rare intervals he has tits of spooning during which he carries all before him. lias strong ideas on the subject of the education of plebes. wears an eternal grouch, which disappears on acquaintance, and does more thinking than talking Janiks l Roitixsox (Hobby) . . Ottawa. Kan. Track team. '97. « K. ’« . 'oo Born tired and never lost his birth-right. A gentle dreamer and the only man in the Corps who really looks as if he might be from Kansas. Tells many impossible stories of his home life and has earned a reputation just a degree removed from that of Mumma's. for dressing Truth up in circus colors. Is mild and soft, but spends his days wedging trouble between the noticeably loving couples in his neighborhood. We mention as an example the pitiful case of Brice and Amos, who are kept in constant opposition by this peace loving Kansan. 34