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

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Ai.i:. . M)i;k Dklmmiim) CncKi ' V. First Lieut, and Adjutant, (ilvndun, Md. Cvz • Bnginccriii g. Treiisurcr SL-ninr Class. ' 07: Chainnan Ruceptidii Coniniittec June Call Organi- zation ; Jnnior and Senior Shield Bearer. Kiic u ' lccii c is friHid llhil he :his Icani ' d so inuc ' i : z -isiloiii is liiiiiihic that lie kiiirci. ' S 110 iiuirc. — Cooper. Alexander, alias Alec, ' first saw sunlight in W ' orthington ' s N ' alley, Bal- timore County, Maryland. June 2t,. 188C). His early education was ab- sorbed in the public schools of Balti- more County, and in the Deichman ' s and Alarston ' s Schools in Baltimore City. lie landed in our midst in the fall lit 1901, and the next fall fountl him a member of the class of naughty-six. in 11)03, however, owing to sickness, he had to leave his class, and in 1904 lie joined the ranks of naugty-seven. Alec always would study — when he did not go to Hyattsville — or when no one else studied fur him — so b}- his industry he kept pace with the rest of his classmates. Alec is a mihtary man. Init he has skipjjed tactics. As a lady ' s man he ranks among the first in the schonl. When he is n il surveying or sleeping he ma - be found among the ladies in Hyattsville. Alec has been a good student and is ending a successfid course in civil engineering. 18

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RoGii.io LiU.iii Dii ' ;( ' .u Caim;stan ' , Thinl Lieut. Compan - C, Ciri! Ew ' tnccriii ;. Porto Rico. Assistant Humorous Editur i)f Reveille; Secretary Alorrill Literary Society; Basketball Team. ' o5- ' o6 ; Track Team, ' o5- ' o6. is from the difference ii ' c ' feel between tlic finitude of fact and llie infiiiilnde of fanlasy llial all Cfils si ' ring zchicli torment humanity. — Rousseau. Miilta aucis — Much in little. ( )n the twelfth day of . ' o ' ciiiher ill the year of i88 ' ), the town of .Maya- guez had its population increased by one when Cappie appeared on this mundane sphere. Little he was, hut the people of that city had wide expec- tations, and their e-xpectations have not S ' one astray. After ulitaining all the knowledt e that the public schools of that place could t;ive him, he decided to come to this section of the United States to complete his education. It was in the fall of I j02 when R().g;ilio Lilio Diego landed in the great city of Baltimore, and after studying the English language with a preiwratory course at Deichman ' s for two years, he entered tlie so|5homore class at the .Maryland . gricultnral College, and soon was able to say. Dot . daius bo ' has been delling you dings. Cape.stany has engaged in .■itliletics during his entire coursi ]ilaying i n the .second football and baseball teams, as well as jjlaying ba.sketd)all and running. This spring we expect to see him in the field of the first team. lie has been an excellent stuilent all during his course, especially in mathe- matics. In surveying he is es|)eciall fond of the cold and the deep mud, never coming to the building more than three times in one afternoon to get the mail tiiat always fills the C box. 17

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Gl ' y lSl)TZK . ' Imimk, cchikI Lii. ' iU. Cnnipans I ' . ' IMuirniniii, Aid. Hor iciiltiirul. Treasurer nt Rossliciurg CUili, ' 07; Mana;4er uf ISaseliall Team. ' 07 lUisiiiess Manager of Rkvkii.i.k, ' 07; Vice-President of Class, ' 05; Secretary of .Vtliletic Council. ' 07; Member of Varsity Football Team, seasons ' 05-06. Think of i ' (MV, but wurk on. — (jeor.ge Herbert. Ut ' iiins ' i ' ins sonirlinu ' s. hnl Irani icork alu ' ovs. Guy wa.s lx)rn un the 7th of ,AIay. 1886, ill Thuniiunt, Frederick County. Alarxland. i schola.stic career be- L;aii ill tile inihlic scIk oIs of that town. W liile still of teiuler years he decided to taste of Western life, and therefore went to N ' ancouver, Washington State. However, he returned to his original home in Maryland and spent a year in the Thunnont High School. The following fall. 1903. he entered the Maryland Agricultural College, where he pursued the horticultural course. From but a mere child. Guy has taken a great pleasure in studying Xature. and his only . ambition (be- sides to get married) is to be a second lUirbank. Uur young liorticnltiirist also took a great part in athletics, and has done e.xcellent work in that respect for our . lnia .Mater. He played on the ' varsity football team for two years, and on the second team for one was elected to the ' varsit - relax- team for the I ' niversity of Pemisylv:: in K 55, and did fine work on tlu ' hasket-Iiall team of tiiat year. It is useless to say that Guy has had a most successful career at but we ;dl wish him the greatest success in the future that mortal c; obtain. ye; ar. He :ini;i 1 games . 1 . . . C. ;iii ■ |)ossil)lv 19