University of Arkansas Fayetteville - Razorback Yearbook (Fayetteville, AR)

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THE CARDINAL NINETEEN TWELVE Jennie Lacy Blackshire— Torch Sapphic. .English Fayetteville, Ark. “How truly is a kind heart a fountain of gladness.” Is studious but never too busy to smile. Alwa-s has a nod and a kind word for the Freshmen. Stands high in Torch circles. Is poet of the Senior class. Guy Walker Wolf— Garland; X-Ray.. .Economics Aurora, Mo. “Turn on the light.” Chairman of the X-Ray illumination committee. Is a little, wiry, keen-faced “Guy,” always at a high pressure, and alive to the gravity of the situation. Always carries a reserve supply of thunderbolts ready to be turned loose at the slightest provocation. Lena Ellis Blackshire— Sapphic. Pedagogy Fayetteville, Ark. Lena has a mind of her own and, if urged, will ex¬ press her opinion. She is resourceful and enthusias¬ tic, and knows how to do the next thing well. Al¬ ways helps write the class song or yell for the occa¬ sion. Herbert H. Highfill— X-Ray; XX. Economics Paragould, Ark. Is conservative and inclined to be reticent, either be¬ cause he knows a great deal or for some other reason. Is collector of tithes for the University Weekly. Will likely star in the business world.

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THE CARDINAL NINETEEN TWELVE N. I. Takata. Electrical Engineering Kobe City, Japan Our little “Jap” is brimful of the ambition and te¬ nacity so characteristic of his race. He has a way of “doing things” and “getting there with his part” that insures his making good. Takata has a strong stand with the co-eds, and takes advantage of this fact now ' and then. Immediately after his return to Kobe City, Takata intends to electrocute Russia. Leah Thompson Jones— Xft; Question Club Newport, Ark. “Unthinking, cute, wild and young, I laughed and danced and talked and sung.” “Jonesy” is better known in the corridors than in the class room. Once upon a time she was a proctor but few people could even guess it. Walter Carrigan Miles— nKA. Economics El Dorado, Ark. “Tec” is the boy with the dreamy eyes and the Southern accent. Never studies but has spieling down to a fine art. Favorite with both faculty and student body. Robert Carr Knox—2 N. Economics Monticello, Ark. Bob’s courtly air has gained him the title of Lord Knox. His largeness of heart, broadness of judg¬ ment, and greatness in cordiality over-balances his smallness in size. [27

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THE CARDINAL NINETEEN TWELVE David Allen Gates — 2 N; Periclean ; X-Ray Economics Little Rock, Ark. “Meagre were his looks Sharp misery had worn him to the bones.” “Bones” was unknown until his oratory began to re¬ sound in the Ozark Mil’s. Now he even ventures to sing. Claude Marvin Hirst — Garland; X-Ray .Economics Weaver, Ark. Claude is an intellectual phenomenon. Could read the Commercial Appeal at four years of age. At five, he had read and thoroughly enjoyed Adam Smith’s “Wealth of Nations.” His mind is a veritable ware¬ house of statistics. He is a law student and a ring politician — but usually on the outside of the ring. J. Gordon Arm it age—L ee; X-Ray.y. Economics Harrison, Ark. “Tige” is class knocker. If anything has gone wrong it is Tige’s duty to knock on somebody for not set¬ ting it right. He knocks where knocking is needed regardless of class, position, “race, color, or previous condition of servitude.” Got his name in the paper on the X-Ray deal. Was one of its defense commit¬ tee. Claudius Victor Holloway— Periclean; Torch X-Ray. Economics Lonoke, Ark. Is zealous, thoughtful and ambitious. Is an orator of the first class and a future statesman. Holloway usually has some opinions of his own, but you won’t find out what they are. [ 29