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

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TakomaPark, D. C. Albert Chester Adams, Captain, Company B Chemical. M in track, ' 08, ' 09, ' 10, Captain track, ' 09, ' 10. M in football, ' 08. Member rifle team. Junior shield bearer, ' 09. Chairman floor committee May ball, ' 09. Chair- man floor committee Rossbourg Club. Member conference committee. Class-His- torian, Editor-in-Chief Reveille. Sergeant, ' 08, First Sergeant, ' 09. 3 SAY, cast your optics thitherward up yonder knoll and see if you do not discern a tall, gaunt, dog-of-war figure marching hither and yon acrossthe verdant campus. That ' s Commy. And may I ask, that lesser, that more stocky, figure immediately in his rear? That is the subject of this paper, A. C. Adams at your service, dies. Three days past, all Fool ' s Day, the biggest joke ever happened in Sanford, Florida. The Joke turned over, smelled the fragrant orange blossoms, littered a plaintive wail expressive of his dislike for the heat and proceeded to eat and sleep for a few months. When he became mature enough to permit of it his thought turned to migration. And migrate he did. To Jacksonville, Fla., to Chattanooga, Tenn., to Ironton, O., to Col- umbus, O., to Huntington, W. Va., to Newport News, Va., to Cincinnati, O., to TakomaPark, D. C, and here for some unknown reason he stopped. The assumption is that this is the end of his orbit and he is taking a breathing space before starting out again. He is due to depart once more about the time of the arrival of his contemporary, Halley ' s Comet. It was during tliis interval that Ches decided to investigate chemistry and tactics at Col- lege Park and Cupid ' s wiles at Hyattsville. His attention was engrossed by the various sub- jects in the order named culminating in the ' Ville. Adams procured his rudimentary education on the lunch counter style. It was a case of grab it and run, although the running demanded the most time. The University School of Cincinnati did once succeed in arresting his expeditious career for a year or so and managed to stock his roomy cranium with a few chips of classical education, but the fact remains that M. A. C. was the only place adequate to stop him long enough for us to learn anything about him. In June he will have completed the remarkable record of a three years ' hesitation in this revered spot. Ches is an all-round man. His versatility is only equaled by that of Sus. He is a star track man, can drag his nose over an ammonia bottle proving him a chemist of the first water, and knows almost one tenth as much tactics as Commy himself, a record hard to surpass. In addition to all this he once played football till relegated to the relay team and was at another time known to have scorched the air between Home and first base. According to his own statement the future now stares him blankly in the face, but we are assured of his one great resolution, to stay single and settle up before he gets married and settles down. No doubt his meteoric career will at some time or other be halted at a little town near his present alma mater, in which case M. A. C. may ever be assured of a valiant , un- tiring rooter for her athletic accomplishments. 18

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senior Class J. p. Grason President W. J. Frere Vice President G. E. Hamilton Secretary-Treasurer A. C. Adams Historian J. L. Donaldson Poet and Prophet Motto Colors Palman Qui Meruit Ferat Maroon and Blue Class Yell Rexa, Raxi, Rip rap ram, On the top we always stand, Suda, Carlo, Vo, van vim, Senior, Senior, 1910. A. C. Adams Takoma.. Md. H. H. Allen Towson, Md. W. P. Cole, Jr Towson, Md. W. G. Cole Baltimore, Md. J. L. Donaldson Berwyn, Md. J. W. Duckett Davidsonville, Md. W. J. Frere Tomkinsville, Md. J. P. Grason Towson, Md. S. D. Gray Nanjemoy, Md. G. E. Hamilton La Plata, Md. T. S. Harding Laurel, Md. F. J. Maxwell Comus, Md. W. C. D. Munson Soi ih Britain, Conn. O. H. Saunders Rock Hall, Md. S. S. Stabler Brighton, Md. T. R. Stanton Grantsville, Md. C. W. Strickland Snow Hill, Md. M. E. Tydings Havre de Grace, Md. F. R. Ward Baltimore, Md. M. H. WooLFORD Cambridge, Md. 17

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. Towson, Md. Herschel Heathcote Allen, Captain, Company C Civil Engineering . Treasurer Athletic Association. Business manager Triangle. Art editor Reveille. Chairman refreshment committee Rossbourg Club. Chairman refresh- ment committee June ball. Junior shield bearer. Senior shield bearer. Sergeant Junior year. ■fc HERE were stormy times in the capital city. ■ I From fourteen consecutive corners of Penn- y sylvania Avenue, women ' s rights were being declared, orated and proclaimed in fifty- seven varieties and all the men wondered. When hush! Suddenly an all-absorbing silence falls upon the excited multitude of Eve ' s fair daughters. The flushed speaker abruptly terminates her impas- sioned vituperation of masculinity in general, and the puny, woman-controlled men who have strayed that way shamefacedly brace up courage to lift their eyes and seek the cause. And majestically the cause marches on. Soul stirring eyes first greet our glance set into a proudly carried head, wavy hair, a half sneering, heart conquesting expression, a — but need I go further. Has not the reader already recognized H. H. A. of M. A. C. 1910? The meeting is dispersed, and a jostling horde of gesticulating females sur- round him to beg only a lock of his hair. Once more man is vindicated. Hersh first condescended to add his one to the existing population of Baltimore County on June 10, 1890 to the everlasting gratitude of the city of Towson in particular and the world in general. In ' 07 he escaped the pedantic clutches of Towson High School and conferred the honor of his matriculation upon M. A. C. Since that time his progress in the various lines attempted by him is too well known to detail. He elected to join Doc Tolly ' s band of transit smashers and as an embryo civil engi- neer stands high in the class. But so small a matter as delving into mathematics by no means has been his only pursuit or has deprived him of greater proficiency in other lines. His remark- able reserve and quietude are not without reason for we are told that by means of them he is not infrequently enabled to appropriate to his own use osseous barn yard fowl intended for another consumption. In addition his perpetual silence occasionally even permeates the pan- try. But to turn to other things. ( Things, it may be noted, is a specific term applied to mili- tary tactics.) Allen is a military man, and possesses the best drilled company in the battal- ion. That is, he claims to. So do others, of course, but Allen ' s word is surely as good as that of another. No more characteristic picture of Herschel may be conjured up than that of him as he marches proudly at the head of C Company with his eye fixed steadfastly on that great over-lord of all things military — The Commandant. In conclusion let me extend the best wishes of the class for the future success of debonnaire, poetic, woman conquering, heart breaking Allen — the midnight equestrian of M. A. C. 19