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

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Francis Joseph Riley Boston, Massachusetts Mike Irish Frank RILEY breezed in through the main gate early in Plebe summer and has remained with us ever since. The shoals of Academic life have never bothered this irresponsible, irrepressible young Bol- shevik. He has always been savvy enough to chalk up considerable velvet. Fussing is not in his line. He is an honest to good- ness misogynist. In his early career at the Acad- emy, Prof Bell inveigled him to attempt the grace- ful art, but Mike soon realized he was never intended to adorn the ballroom floor and can plead not guilty since those few and memorable occasions. However, our friend has always had one pleasant and consistent diversion and that is the national in- door sport. For three years Mike has held down a reserved box up in Doc ' s roof garden. His chief amusement inside the walls is getting up at 6:42 and running a ten second handicap against late blast. We think the Navy is the best place for Mike, for he can do things well when they are to be done so, and he isn ' t worried when there is nothing to do. Buzzard; Expert Rifleman. Joseph Seletski Glen Lyon, Pennsylvania bkee Joe rO! Thj Now that ' s worked this NO! Ihat s wrong, way. There you have Joe, a man whose second nature is Math, who can integrate as could Sir Isaac himself, and who can easily convince a Juice Prof that BuUard is wrong. Favored with natural savviness, and possessed of grim determin- ation in everything he undertakes, Joe has stood well above the century mark in Academic work. Crew claimed his dihgent attention Plebe year, but though wearing himself down to a shadow he failed to reduce his weight sufficient for a steady job as coxswain. Skee is clever with his gloves, and has entered the ring several times with creditable suc- cess. Generally quiet and unassuming, Joe has kept con- sistently away from the fair sex, but still water runs deep, and we believe that there is someone in Pennsylvania who is more than a friend. He goes forth with many good wishes, and if hard work counts for anything, his success is assured. Buzzard; Soccer Squad (1). „Miii.i;..;.;:...;:.w;,w..i.;; ..:!..i,.iiu.i..iiiii!h.i,,uiU!iii,iiUi«ii ' r

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0 Edward Hickey Enright Chicago, Illinois Hickey Chicken Inwrong HICKEY received his early Plebe training at the hands of ' 18. He came into prominence at the beginning of Plebe Ac year by meandering upon a gravel vs alk forbidden to members of the entering class. Suffice it to say, he received his postgrad- uate course at the hands of the Youngsters in that back corridor of the first deck. By hard and consistent effort Hickey kept the Aca- demic wolves at a safe distance for nearly two years but it was the Nav Department that finally caught him basking in the light of his achievement and knocked him for a ghoul, treeing him cold. How- ever, his hard work landed him in the savvier half of the savvy half of ' 21. Hickey ' s great weakness finally proved to be the women. First Class year for the first time he was transformed. Hard-working, ambitious, woman- fearing Hickey, an unrestrained snake with his hair parted in the middle filling out his hop cards for months in advance. Certain things, have come up which indicate that the state of mind is only tem- porary and even the most conservative entertain hopes for a speedy recovery. Buzzard. William Sewall Gardner Davis Brookline, Massachusetts Dimples Alphabet Dave FOR three years, Dave with his mandolin, Log and his ready wit has kept the rhino sp at bay. Just ask Piggy to help you and watch go to it — and do it right — even if he does have sleep in ' till the first period next morning. If you want something done in the literary way, let Piggy do it — it ' s his fruit. He is in his prime when he is developing some new idea for an entertainment or writing a parody. (He wrote the one on the Vamp. Nuf sed). He will always be in Smoke Hall when the gang gets together for some songs and stories. He can always go you one better in that line. In any argu- ment of the Horse-Shoe-Brown type, Dimples stands supreme with his Scotch-Irish wit, his Massachusetts logic, and his determination. You know the kind of man who seems to be at home anywhere — well, that ' s Alphabet all over. He ' ll dash off a couple of verses for the Log, and will then go out and in a scrimmage break up all the plays around his end. Yes, of course he ' s savvy, but he bushes often and in some way known only to himself, he derives a great deal of satisfaction out of those bushes. The Service is just the place you make it, and so Dave, we know you ' ll have a happy time out there, and that you ' ll makeit abetterplacefortherestof us. Log Sta Baseball Mandoli Buzzard. 56 m$ liiiiijiiijijiijihii slfcjli

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AFTER a year at Steven ' s Tech, the Count l . decided that the gay and care-free life of a mechanical engineer was not for him. Having heard of the book-eatmg tribe down on the Severn, he decided to join them just for the sheer joy of participating in the keen contest for class standing. The Profs never did concede him a twinkle-twinkle on his collar, but we all know that a fellow who can pull sat in two subjects the last month of the term by cutting his magazine ration in half is the kind that will always come up from under. When he left Plain- field after a short visit on Christmas leave even the old timers told him that he certainly was a marvel on the comeback. His athletic activities have been confined to Afri- can golf and nursing the Bull. The latter occupation ceased to exist about four months after Mack ' s election as Keeperofthe Bull since the class refused to support it after hearing rumors of the failure of the pay bill. Mack then devoted all his time to the African pastime and succeeded in reaching the semi-finals. Life will never be hard for the Count as his loan- you-my-clean-cufF spirit, and his perpetual ear to ear smile will always carry him over the high spots. Buzzard. Leonidas Edwin Hill Denver, Colorado ■ • Ed Gadget Leonidas TO satisfy the curiosity of those desiring to know how Leonidas got such a marvelous education as a Plebe, it is sufficient to say that he sat at the table of the champion of mess hall vaudeville. The peaceful moods of slumber and thought that ordinarily accompany a born genius were thus greatly agitated at least three times each day. Not until Youngster year did his inventive genius display itself. At this burdensome period of Academic existence he invented a log-log to the n-th power slip stick. Beyond all expectation this magic piece of slippety-slip enabled him to calmly grasp two pieces of heaven which rested serenely on his collar all First Class year. Hill should have been the man to receive that famous something wrong pap. Every one prophesied a C.P.O. for Lee; something was wrong and he got what he rated, two stripes. Lee ' s future life is one already settled. He is des- tined to invent something advantageous to the Navy sooner or later. You can know too, Lee, that we are all back of you and wish you the best of luck. Star (3); Two Stripes; Swimming Squad (3, 1). SNT. IS k of oil has d ' urf S8 .f- i C iiliiiMiii:iiil:iiiliUiiijilPiiililiiiylilllililiiiliililiii;iiU T: ' ' -s