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

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ROGER DARl ' .V XICHOLLS. 2n,l TJuut. Co. A GermanUnvn. Chemical Scientific. . .s.si, ;taiit lUisiness Manager of ••Reveille. • ' U sleep. It is a gentle thing. lieloved from Pole to Role. — C o . ' - • ' Th)- miiilesty ' s a candle to thy merit. — Ficliliiii . .Xicholls. the suhject of this sketch, better known to us as • ' Little Xick, ' was born at Germantovvn. Md., nn February 24. 1886. . t a tender age he entered the public school of that place, . fter a few years ' train- ing in this school he entered the Darnestown .Vcademy. Here he spent three years, but finding the course at that institution too limited, he entered the Maryland Agricultural College in the fall vi ii)0 . Xick always had a tender spot in his heart for the fair sex. Shortly after his arrival at M. . .. C. he and his former chief adviser, James Henr ' , paid a visit to Georgetown, and since then there has been n i yihce like Georgetown for Xick. Though the chief object if his anihitii n be in Georgetown, he is never negli- gent of his stuilies. I- ' .arly and late you may find him at his books, lie is rarelv found idle. He is either str.dying, going to Genrgelown or sleeping. (Jccasion- ally. after srccc ' sful raids npcm the tobacco bag if the I ' mfessor of Chemistr -, he and his assistant, Sh iwel!, entertain ( ?) their friends with a lew selectmns from the latest ojx-ra. ( ' .ive tliem a cigarette ard they will sing fcir yon by the hnur. Everv member nf the class wishes .Xick much success in lite.

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j( )|l XATIIAXll ' .l. MAC ' KAl.l Mackall. rii si(. ' al SciL-iUitic. ici. ' -l ' rc iilcnt Sriiior Class, Class ' rrcastirrr ' m, ' icc- 1 ' resident Ross- biiurt ' Clnl), Cliainnan Refreslinicnt Ci)!rmittec RussbnurL;- Cluli. Ma;i:ii;er I ' lascliall Teani ' 05, lUisincss Manaj cr Reveille. ■•( ) ye.t iHls. Render nie wurlhy nf tin ' s noble wife. — Julius L ' acstir. () you shall see him laui b till bis faee be li ' -;e a wet eloak ill laid up. — Ih ' iiry ir. Rat. as we Isiiow bim, is at present eaj;ed on lUi zai-d ' s Roost witb tbe A])e. 1 le lu ' st luaile know n bis entranee into this world by his proditjinusly loud and louj; si|neals in that threat Me- trop ilis of Calvert Coinit , .Mackall. in the fall of tl e ei-hty-tifth year of tbe jiast ecntnry. At the ten ler ai;e of six years he entered the public schools of Cahert Cornty. Re|)ort has it that for ten years he occupied the chief i osition in tbe minds of bis various teachers. Whether it was due to his v:inderful adaptabilit) ' to fun or work, we are unable to saw In the fall of kjoi he entered the Fre. ' bnirn Class at .M. .A. C. and from that time on has played an important part in the affairs of the worthy institution with which he had so i raciously connected himself. Rat is extremely popi ' lar among- hi.s schoolmates, as well as classmates, as is shown l)y the responsible ]iositions which he occu])ies, es]tecially those of Mana- ger of I ' aseball Team and P.nsiness Manager Reveille. lie is a hard student, and although usually brsy with bis books, be can find time at the most nne. ]ecteil ni( nient to sli]) over to and spend a few- hours with the fair se.x. Mackall ' s i)resent ambition is to be at tbe bead of the [ ' . S. Ceological Snrve ' . e wish him an alnmdance of success in tbe furtherance of bis ambition.

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AlJ ' .liKT A. I ' ARKHK, Capl. Co. 1! Pucuniokc City. Chemical Scientihc. Class I ' rcsident ' n-,. Salutatoriaii ' 05. Class llistorian ' 03. Manai cr Football Team ' 04, 1 ' resident Xew Mercer Literary Society ' 05, Jsecretarv and llistorian ' 04. Secretary . M. C. . . ' 04. Tennis Cliam])ion ' 04, Secre- tary Atli ' -Ctic Council ' 04. Associate Editor Re -eille, I ' .aseball Team ' 05. I do not like this fooling. ' — Troiliis iind Crcssida. Tic never knew pain who never felt the ])ant;s of love. — Phitcn. I ' arker. snliject of this sketch, bet- m ter known as Ape, added to the pop- K M ulation of this terrestrial globe on De- ceniber 15. 18S4, in the town of Salis- liury, down on the Eastern Slio ' , and at the tender age of one year he moveil to Pocomoke City, where he received his early education, lie left the I ' ocomoke High School and entered the Fresh- man Class at M. .A. C. in the fall of iijoi. As a nioter. . pe has won great renown, both at home and abroad, having been known to make more noise than six ordinary men. In the art of ]iainting the College surroundings with the numerals ' 05, he has jirovetl himself a worthy member. I .ut with all his fun, . pe has never neglected his wnrk, and consequently has always stdod well in his class. His inability nr lack nf desire to work the sick-list is audtlu ' r feather in his ca]). lie shiiwed his ability as an athletic manager during the season of ' 04. in football, lie has always shown a natural military dis|iiisitinn. anil is cajitain of one of the best com])anies ever seen at .M. . . C. . pe is a man of great ixissibilities. having already had several ]x ' cuniary offers from dift ' erent circus managers to ap]iear as an ape, but his classmates have persuaded him to remain at College until after graduation. 21