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

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. Berkley. ALONZO MOUIvTON McNUTT, ist Lieut. Co. C. Agricultural. Manager Track Team, Member of Football Team ' 05, Member Athletic Council, Sergeant-of-. rms Morrill Literary Society, Member Refresh- ment Committee of Rossbourg Club, Member Refreshment Committee Y. M. C. A., Junior Armor Bearer, As- sistant Business Manager June Ball Organization. He is now stretching out his fool- ish head to the matrimonial halter. lie attains to whatever he aims at. This particular member of our class first saw the sunlight in Berkley, Har- ford County, Md., October ist, 1884. He attended school in Darlington, graduating from the High School there in 1903. He then came to ] I. A. C. and entered the Class of ' 06 in its Sophomore year. Nuts has been especially active in athletics, being prominent on the track team, a member of the basket ball team and one of the strongest players on the gridiron. To him is due, in no small measure, the brilliant season of IQ05, which stands out a red-letter year in athletic annals of M. A. C. — tlie } ' ear we defeated St. John ' s and won the State championship. As a s])rinter, Mac is unsurpassed, and his magnificent end running — 65 and 85 yards — between our goals, saved us from more than one defeat. Pie is remarkably regular in attending church at Hyattsville, and we are inclined to believe the attraction is not entirely spiritual. We do not doubt that his sturdy constitution is due to his regular habits : for when Mac misses breakfast the earth is likely to stand still or the O. D. forget to make inspection. Nuts has been a good student, and, faithful to his earlv ambition, is ending a successful course in agriculture. 20

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JOHN WALLACE MITCHELL Boston, Mas Civil, Engineering. Business Manager of the ' 06 Dra- matic Club, Assistant Business Man- ager of the Reveille. Under the weight of his knowl- edge, a man cannot move so lightly as in the day of his sim])licity. — Ruskiii. Mitchell, alias Mitch and Gen ' l. first saw the light of day in New Bed- ford, Mass., perilously close to The Hub of the Universe, on October 22. 1885. Yes, he was born near Boston, and, though he is now graduating from a college of the South, his coun- tenance still reminds one of that cool atmosphere peculiar to high latitudes and altitudes — especially the high alti- tudes, for Mitch is 6 ft. 2 1 inches in height. Gen ' l tirst attended school at a kindergarten in lUiffalo. From there he went to Florida, but that was too hot a climate for the Bostonian. It seems that during these years, for some reason or other, gravity — that great ])owcr known to physicists — was suspended, and had no influence upon him; but, suddenly, that irresistible force got the better of him, and he was drawn back to The Hub. He tarried there only a short while, however — soon taking up his abode on the banks of the Hudson. Here he remained for three years; but that magic force again got hold on him and he went back to Boston. There he attended several schools and graduated from the grammar school in the Spring of 1900, entering the High School the following Fall. He was graduated from that institution in the Spring of 1904, and entered M. A. C. in the Junior Class in September of that vear. ] Iitch has always been a good student, especially in mathematics. Gen ' l is verv fond of argument, and nothing suits him better than for some one to sav something funny about The Hub, so that he can remark. That ' s all vou know about Boston. He is absolutely dotty on ba.seball. and it is firm ly believed that, some day, he will be manager of the Boston Baseball Club. Mitchell takes no active part in the athletics of College, but he is always ready with his sage advice. He is a regular walking edtion of sporting statistics, for -ou can hardlv stump him on a single record that has been made or broken in tlie sporting field within the last ten years. 19

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CHARLES SYLVESTER RIDGWAY, 2d Lieut. Co. A Beltsville. Agricultural. End Man in Minstrel Show ' 05, Assistant Business ALinager Ri; ' Eille ' 06, Floor Committee June Ball Organization ' of . Still they gazed, and still the wonder grew, That one small head could carry all he knew. — Oliver Goldsmith. Smallest of mortals, when mounted aloft by circumstances, come to seem great. -Thomas Carlxlc. Alias Stubby, Runt, born April 19, 1886, at Springfield, Prince George County, Md. The beginning of his education was in the public schools of Washington, D. C. Shortly after this he moved to New Jersey, where his intimate acquaintance with and exhaustive study of that well-known monster, the Jersey mosquito, paved the way for the love of entomology which he has always exhibited at M. A. C. He attended the public schools of New Jersey and also those of Batimore, Md., graduating from the latter in the month of June, 1902. He entered the Freshman Class of M. . . C. in September, 1902, and has pursued the Agricultural course since his entrance. He is small in stature, but very highly respected by all. His chief delight is collecting and distributing laundry. Woe be to the small boy whose laundry money is not promptly paid. It has often been rumored around school that he is in the near future to start a large steam laundry at M. A. C. in partnership with our friend Johnnie. His work as end man in the minstrel show was very clever and received much applause. 21