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

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' .i w : ■ :4 w James Herschel Strother Dadeville, Alabama Johnny Mr. Dooley Herschel DUE to no fault of his own Johnny came to us from ' 20. After spending three months of his Youngster year in the hospital, he went on sick leave, and joined us at the beginning of our Young- ster cruise. The Chaplain, while visiting the hospital, nicknamed him Sunny because of the cheerful way in which he bore his hard luck. His cheerful manner and Southern accent, together with his ready willingness to help less savvy classmates, have made him a true friend and an agreeable companion. During the time that we have known him, Johnny has shown a lack of interest in hops and femmes in general, but anyone who has but one picture on his locker door and who talks and dreams of Sep leave as Johnny does is sure to create a certain suspicion in the minds of those who know him most intimately. The utter indifference toward the opinion of others whom he believes to be wrong, and the wholeheart- edness with which he tackles the hardest Juice or Steam probs is sure to stand him in good stead when later he is called upon to face much more difficult questions in the fleet. Buzzard. BUTCH has the typical build of a union meat cleaver. Dizzy as the day is long and forever letting loose his pent up energy in any form of a rough house. Napoleon and Annie Arthur used to tear the fourth deck up with the ardour of the Irish breaking up an Orangeman ' s parade on St. Patrick ' s day. Butch started out with ' 20 but his line didn ' t jibe with the ideas of Horse Shoe Brown and the other masters of the Queen ' s own. But when it comes to Math and its kin Butch is right up in the Big League. In regard to sports he was on the First Class foot- ball team but he has always favored indoor sports — especially the national indoor game. Always good natured, never rhino, ole Napoleon will take it easy, have a good time, and make friends wherever he goes.

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•r n U :. ■ ' a Donald Rex Tallman Washington, D. C. Rex Tal Gadget PERCHED on a tree, a vampish grin, and a line of stufF — there you have Rex. Like a wild animal there is no finding where he is unless you know his tracks and rendezvous. Here ' s how, — bust into Smoke Hall and yell Ox Roast. Look where the bull and smoke are the thickest and you ' ll see him singing We ' re Poor Little Oxen with the other three. When Gadget bones I can ' t tell you, for he is usually picking on a mandolin or listening to some weary Victrola ' s blues. He gets the embroidered anchor for that ' s where he stands — anchor man in all his glory. When it comes to women, well, nobody else has a chance. Rex is a Red Mike with dragon eyes, and snake scales. Any hop night you ' ll see him gliding on an essence of foo-foo , featheringhis heels across the deck. He was elected The Boy Navigator in the shaft- alley of ye goode ship Missouri. Most of his old tribe were lost at sea or sunk by the Academic De- partment but he carried the old shaft-alley club spirit to the North Dakota. Oh boy, them wuz the happy days and there ' ll be many, many more for the boys who are lucky enough to become his shipmates. Buzzard. Lyman Augustus Thackrey Santa Fe, New Mexico Red ARRIVING late in September, covered with alkali, the salt of New Mexican deserts. Red was consigned to the old basement rooms, Plebe heaven and the D. O. ' s delight. The worries of several years of varsity football at the University of New Mexico had been too much for him and never was his red thatch toned down by a Navy head- guard. In the spring time this powder flag could be seen at the hurdles and broad jump, even as the Royal Bengal in his native haunts leaping from clifF to cliff, rather hurdle to hurdle. For several years he was a constant member wearing the gold or shoe polish off the radiators. He roosted among those Rojo Miguels known as the gymnasium cavalry, riding through many a hop on the horses in the gym. In due time our Augustus attained a colonelcy, graduated from the unwilling ones, and at the end of his First Class year he had done the deed and dragged copiously. While his career had been no meteoric flight, on the decisive day we found him numbered among those in the savvy half. Come what may he takes it well and the longer you know him the better you like him. One Stripe; Track Squad (4, 3, 1). 52 . ifflijiiiiiiiHiiiiiiiliiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiliiiiililiihlifili

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-i Charles Joseph Maguire Boston, Massachusetts Molly CHARLES comes from that quaint little old New England village of Boston. With the thought of Mass. our eyes go to his collar, looking for some- thing which is not there. However he has detracted nothing from the reputation of his native state, for he is an authority m Calc and Dago. Athletics, he took them all in. The sub and weak squads claiming no little portion of his spare time. Outside of these major sports, inter-class basketball comes next, though in the last mentioned sport he suffered the loss of two front teeth which caused no end of mortification, and produced a strange lisp until Doc could import two ivory pegs to replace the missing members. There is no place where Charlie is more at home than when over at the boathouse with a shell on the river, twice making his debut Plebe year as coxswain of the Junior Varsity he has never been absent. Youngster year our little one had given too much to be coxing one of our winning shells at Philadelphia, and hard to be satisfied by teaching the game to the third Varsity. Buzzard (I); Masqueraders (I): Crew Squad (4, 3, 1). Leland Wayne Morrow Chillicothe, Ohio Snookiims Duke THE first day that L. W. attended formations as a War Baby he found himself on the rebound charged with unmilitary conduct for turning his head in ranks. After this debut into Naval Academy life he retired from Extra Duty for the next three years and by the time of graduation his methods of avoiding the appearance of his name in the Morning Orders had reached a science. Those from Ohio will probably agree that Morrow comes from a good state, but we all express harmony of opinion that he was a small-sized man with big ideas when he chose the U. S. S. Tennessee for his home on the seas. During the time that we have known Snookums his chief delight, next to that of fussing in Annapolis, has been in making future plans. He always knew six months in advance what he would put into his suitcase for Sep leave. Perhaps Duke has already made his matrimonial plans and decided upon the location of a bungalow. This energetic and ambitious chap possessed, in addition to a big heart, a stomach of questionable capacity. Be that as it may, those who have had opportunities to taste frequent birthday cakes are in no position to criticise between what limits the capacity of a stomach should be integrated. Buzzard; Choir (4, 3, I); Sub Squad {4, 3, 1). .14 . : liliillilil|liiiliniiiiiJl»i|l:iiilililJiiillliliililiiiliili Ii,;iiHiIiIIIIi]k; b S fe f iiii-iiinluiiiiMiiiiilnliilliiiiiilliiiliiulto