University of Maryland College Park - Terrapin / Reveille Yearbook (College Park, MD)

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Cldwss of 1901. Motto: — Pauci Sed Multi. Class Colors : — Navy Blue and Cadet Gray Class IW .-— Hobble! Gobble! Biiig! Bang;! Bung! Hoia! Hoia! Nineteen One! Class Officers. l»« !»c William Wilfred Cobey, Jr., President. John Thomas Hardisty, Mee-President. Fredus Vance McDonnell, Seeretary and Treasurer. Henry Campbell Whiteford, Prophet and Historian. Class Roll. »« l»c Dc W. W. Cobey, Grayton, Md. J. T. Hardisty, Mitchellville, Md. F. V. McDonnell, Altoona, Pa. H. C. Whiteford, Whiteford, Md. 20

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■ytr W. COBEY, Jr., Major of the Mary- land Agricultural College, Cadet Battalion, and Commandant of the Laurel High School Cadets was born near Grayton. Charles County, Maryland, December lo, 187S. While still quite young he showed remarkable tal- ent, especially along the lines of agricultural pur- suits and investigations. He received his earlier edu- cation at Friendship Acad- emy, where his abilities were first recognized. In September, 1897, he entered the Freshman class of The Maryland Agricul- tural College, and has since devoted himself to the agri- cultural course. He has taken great inter- est in all college affairs, par- ticularly in a social line, and is now recognized as the ladies ' man, of the vSenior class, and it is a stormy da ' when he is not, at some time or other, seen busily engaged explaining, to some fair maiden, the ele- mentary forms of plant life. On accotmt of his rank and i)opularit - with his fellow students he was made cla.ss president, and on accoinit of class standing he is to be valedictorian of the class of 1 90 1. He has also proven a successful manager for the P ase-l)all team, and, in a great measure, to him ])elongs the credit for the Team ' s Southern tri]). He is Business Manager of The ReveillE and President of the Maryland Agricultural College Athletic A.ssociation, Chairman of the Progrannne and In- vitation Connnittees for the June Ball. He has taken some interest in literary wcjrk, and is President of the Morrill Literar ' vSociety. At the present time he is a candidate for the Inter-Collegiate Oratorical contest of the Jstate of Mar •land.