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

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Cij OYLE, alias IJilly or ' ■Jiiiiniy, (S is from Massachusetts although living in Washington at the present time. He is a thorough Yan- kee and can easily he distinguished as one bv his speech. Billy is Johnnie ' s side partner and takes especial delight in arguing with him on the merits or defects of certain machines. He enjoys such subjects as Strength of Materials, etc., as taught by Doc Tolly. When he was a Junior his favorite subject was Physics. Almost any Saturday you can see him walking along the streets of Washi ngton with a pile of books under his arm, so we judge he must be a great reader. At any rate he is an authority on the latest developments of aerial navigation. We do not know much about Billy ' s ' love affairs as he does not live in the Barracks, but journeys each day to and from Washington. We think he must have some such affairs for when they arc mentioned in his presence a redness gently spreads over his face. Jimmy expects to kee land upon graduat his studies at Boston Tech. We knov that he will be successful there and expect to hear great accounts of him in the future. to return to Van- (u lation and resume yl

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John Franklin Allison Washington, D. C. Mechanical Engineerin YV LLISON. ahas, Johnnie comes C from Quaker town, but is not as slow as you would think. Johnnie likes to be in everything that is going on and you can usually find him about when anything exciting takes place. Johnnie is Prof. Gwinner ' s right hand man in the machine shop. He seems to delight in seeing how much grease and dirt he can get on his hands and face. He and Billy seem to enjoy getting into arguments in the rawing-room and each tries to outdo the other in the tone of voice used. .Sometimes you can ' t even think when they are arguing. He has a friend of the fair sex who must be (|uite a Righter judging trom the ami unit of mail he receives post-marked Philadelphia. He doesn ' t s])en{l much uvlm ' an h( ur a day in an- swering her letters but seems to ac- complish quite considerable in that small amount of time. He says he intends getting married some day Ijut lasn ' t .set the day as yet. We all hope to be invited .so as to give him a good send off. Johnnie is a very military man and keeps a well-worn path between his room and Commy ' s office and upon the parade ground you can usually ' see them holding some kind of con- ference. He has high ambitions in his line if work and intends to go to Milwau- kee to further pursue the subject of Mechanical Engineering. He never spends a Sunday at Col- lege, why we do not know, but every Saturday he hies himself away until late Sunday night.

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I ' erlin ' al Elliott Blkkuughs, Croome, ' Sid., Civil Engixeering. Ti LIAS Percy comes from the C wilds of Prince George County. Percy is very popular among the young ladies of Washington and its vicinity, but says there is one special attraction nearer home and as he re- ceives an octavo volume two or three times a week, we guess he must be right. One of his chief delights is eating over on the hill. He is also a frequent visitor at our infirmary. We wonder why? Ask him. Percy is some musician as can be testified to by the members of Com- pany A. Promptly at seven o ' clock the concert begins and the rats and old boys flock to his room to sit and marvel at the harmony ( ? ) that rises from the various instruments upon which he performs. His specialty is playing a mouth organ and an accor- dian at the same time. You can ima- gine the result. That generally is the signal for the spectators to hie them- selves to a place out of hearing. But Percy enjoys it so what ' s the dif- ference. He was a great military man until this year, but he says he thinks he will stick to good old Prince George after listening to some of Commy ' s experiences while doing duty for Uncle Sam. Percy ' s highest ambiticm seems to be to sneak off to towji without get- ting caught. His first question in the morning is Who is O. C. tonight? And upon being informed says, Me for town tonight. It is not known what he does there, but upon return- ing about twelve o ' clock, he says to his room-mate, Gee, Bill, you should have been with me tonight ! But the reasons why are not forthcoming. He is a good student and orator and therefore has been chosen saluta- torian Iiv the class.