United States Naval Academy - Lucky Bag Yearbook (Annapolis, MD)

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 GEORGE MARTIN BAUM, Leavenworth, Kan Bum. Class Foot-ball (3). Class Base-ball (3, 2). Gym. team (3. 2.) Captain Gvm. team (2. 1). First Class Buz- zard. Give every man thine ear. but few thy voiee. —Shakespeare. A genuine Kansas Dutchman with a fondness for sauer- kraut and lager. Belongs to the noble army of martyrs who struggle for a 2.5. Never known to lose his temper or say a hard word about anybody but instructors. Hit the pap once for non-reg. clothes and was down in the mouth for nearly a day. Favorite song: “Ach. Mein Licbc Augus- tine. Simp's keeper, trying in vain to curb his wayward fancies.

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 PRENTISS PECK BASSETT. Milford, Conn. Chinee. Basso.” Prent. Vice-President V. M. C. A. (2). Choir (4. 3. 2. 1). Leader of Choir (2. 1). Hop Committee (3. 2). Base-ball team (3. 2. 1). Captain Base-ball team (i). Athletic Committee. Three Stripes. The amateur tenor, whose voeal villainies all desire to shirk. —Sir Arthur Sullivan. Apollo has tied forever to the heights of Olympus. Adonis no longer roams the earth as of yore, hut every whit as fasci- nating and far more up-to-date. Bassett is with us always. Chief of our song birds and a general favorite. Dapper, debonair and delightful, with raven locks and a graceful swagger. A rigid economist—guards his amount available with a jealous eye. but dispenses his smiles and vocal efforts broadcast. Connecticut may be fine, but California for mine. 26

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 PAUL PRICHARD BLACKBURN, Omaha, Neb. “Peep,” Redhead. Class Base-ball team (3, 2). Track team (3). One stripe. “How various his employments whom the 'world calls idle. —Cow PER. Originator of the class pipe. Class manager. Managed Class Base-ball team. Foot-ball team and club, and manages to keep Dillen supplied with the makes. Never bones and never unsat—how nice it must be to be savez. One of the wounded at Bar Harbor. Hop fiend, and especially partial to the Army. Has two locker doors full of photos, not to mention pennants from Vassar. Wellesley and N. P. S.. and is still hoping for more. A pupil of the Delsartc school, especially distingue when catching for the Class team.