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

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Daniel Williams iUrmsitrong Hampton, Virginia Dan Handsome Dan ' ' Track N (4, 3, 2); Holder of Academy Pole Vault Record; Medal for General Excellence, Plebe Summer Track Meet and Inter-class Meet (3); Varsity Football Squad (3, 2, 1); Class Ring Committee; Y. M. C. A. Secretary (2); Vice-President (1). know Dan is to know a whirlwind personified. Every day he can be seen flying around the cinder path, rushing down the football field or tearing to recitations. Never still a minute, always on the jump, doing his very best all the time. Dan started his Plebe Year with a rush. Inside of two months he had broken the Academy pole vault record and won the medal for general excellence in track athletics. Every year as regularly as there are football, gym and track teams, Dan is out for all of them, working like a horse, undaunted by a healthy forest of Steam, Nav and Juice trees; for it ' s been a long, hard scramble for Dan ' s 2.5 ' s but he gets them in the end. The one soft pedal in Dan ' s hectic life is the Y. M. C. A., to which he has devoted many hours of faithful effort even when sorely harassed by academic subjects. From this oasis of rest and quiet let us follow our hero in a breathless plunge into the maddening whirl of society. From the first days of Plebe Year Handsome Dan has been his nickname. Naturally he drags to every hop. Indeed, one day in October he was heard to remark, I ' m sorry, but I have all my hops taken up until Easter! In short, we find Dan closely related to an over- worked dyne. He is a fearfully and wonderfully made combination of student, fusser, athlete and general good fellow. Like the proverbial e. m. f., his pep seems to be constant at all loads. There are no signs of its ever abating and Dan is sure to win himself a name in the Service as a tireless worker. 25

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8 William ©enntson lUlexanber Cheyenne, Wyoming • Football Numerals; Football N (2, 1); Football Squad (3); Lacrosse Numerals. 00D old Alex! There may be better fellows in the class, but they are mighty hard to pick. Billy ' s all there — and we like him. He ' s a plugger and a fighter and a good, hard-headed, practical man. Resourceful, sound in principles, generous and a master of himself is Bill Alexander, son of the Major. He isn ' t a brilliant chap so far as books go, but no one would call him wooden. His savviness depends in great degree upon the length of time he ' s willing to bone. Oftentimes he isn ' t very willing. Smoke Hall has its charms and Prince George Street its allure — — . Why say more? For four years Billy has played football and has made his N against the Army twice. He was much handicapped, however, by a stubborn knee during the latter half of two seasons. Alec will get along in the world, for he achieves success in ' most any line of endeavor, be it football, fussing, four stripes, chasing Fifi, or surviving several years of strenuous Crabtown life (this is the life). We are proud of him and with all out hearts we wish him success in the Service, even if he does go into the Gyrene corps. fc . - 24

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Hlopb an orn Armstrong Memphis, Tennessee Lovey Army Side-wheeler Gym Team (2, I ); Academy Side Horse Champion (1); GNT (1); Non-swimmers (4,3,2). OVEY hails from Tennessee — Memphis, to be exact — but you would never guess it from his drawl-less speech. Of a humorous disposition, he is quick to pick out the funny side of life and his jolly laugh is a sure gloom-dispeller. The only time he gets rhino is when he hears them play the Memphis Blues, when his sad, thoughtful expression leads us to regard him with suspicion. He complains that the example set him by his savvy but not over-studious roommate tends to lure him from his studies. We can ' t see that he is in any immediate danger of bilging, for he always manages to get enough of the high ones to stand well with no visible effort. Plebe Year Lovey distinguished himself by complacently photographing the weak squid, ' ' first to fourth classes inclusive. Let us drop the asbestos curtain, shutting from view his subsequent popularity with the upper classes, and shift the scene to show him in the stag line. No, he is not always in the stag line. He fusses erratically, apparently indifferent whether he drags or stags. We fear that some time he will persuade himself that he is in real earnest, and then . 1 1 took notable determination for Lovey to go out for gym, and his persistence in the face of the ironic compli- ments of his friends was no less wonderful. When the gym table was posted, Armstrong, L. V., found a seat assigned to himself conveniently near the sustenance. He has been a classmate whose sunny nature has been a class asset, and we will not soon forget his wide-open smile or cycloid walk. May he never have to swim a stroke!- -he will appreciate the good will in the wish. How? 26