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

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John Waters Duckett, First Lieutenant, Company B Davidsonville, Md. Chemical. Manager B Comi)any Basketball team. Secretary New Mercer Literary Society Social editor Reveille. Sergeant Junior year. ■fc RAVELING down a snail paced branch line I of one of our great railroads, down through the heart of old Prince George, the passen- gers suddenly began to remark at the extra- ordinary beauty of the sunset. And the sky was red, if that is beautiful. But some one vouch- safed that the redness was too apparent. Hardly had the words been uttered when an old farmer, now convulsed with laughter, exclaimed : — Wall, by heck, you all ain ' t been this way much Ijefore I kin soon see. Great Gosh! Whoopee!! That ' s Hot ' s Duckett ' s head. And he rolled over on the floor in a heap. It was the magnificent city of Davidsonville that Reddy first parted his eyelids from the lower portion of his lineaments and, rolling his optical orbs al)out, discovered the lamentable fact that the pillow was on fire. Then he cried lustily and collo- quial history has it that he did so for six months straight before his loving mater could convince him that that redness wasn ' t a fire but a part of his anatomy. From then on he bore it as a necessary evil, and has the reputation of being the best natiu ' e of Red Top, 111. Reddy graduated from Davidsonville High School in — and left Anne Arundel Academy two years later. (No, we didn ' t SAY left under compulsion). He then lit atM. A. C. The student body promptly began to gibe him about a superfluity of auburn locks, but to no avail. This Reddy was abnormal. You couldn ' t make him mad. He built himself a monument as high as Babel itself by passing through Junior Physics unscathed, an unprecedented accomplishment for a Chemist. As a military man he is good and as a track man he is a wonder — on paper. The fact that another of the same name does the running does not diminish his popularity in the eyes of the admiring populace of Davidson- ville one iota. As a chemist Reddy is at his best. How many times has this diligent investigator of the things-that-are been seen in the laboratory, coat off, sleeves rolled up, collar turned in, hands begrimed, surrounded by the most nose startling odors, his head bowed .... in sleep. Oh lab. of M. A. C, what a strong bulwark of ardent somnambulism thou shalt lose when Reddy ceases to snore in thee. Finally, Reddy is a social man. He is social on general principals. Other people are. So is Reddy. He dances with a bored, Ain ' t it awful Mabel expression smeared over his gentle facial landscape and Stags invariably to keep from losing good sleep taking a girl home. Reddy the good-natured, the sleepy, the chemical, the bachelor, Reds. human scarlet tangier this side 23

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John Levi Donaldson, Principal musician. . Biological. Berwyn, Md. Solo cornet, orchestra. Chief bugler, sophomore year. Chief musician, junior year. Associate editor Reveille. Class poet. Class Prophet. f ' OHNNIE first saw the light of day in Char- lotte, N. C, and early astonished the native tarheels by his precociousness, by his words of wisdom spoken from the cradle. At the tender age of seven Johnnie tired of the old north state and moved up among the Pennsylvania Dutch; but a few years residence there proved sufficient, and he moved into the more cultured and aesthetic atmosphere in the vicinity of College Park. While still a youth of but thirteen summers, and with rosy cheeks and curly locks, he made his debut at A. C; and as one. of our buglers right valiantly did he toot. Johnnie ' s hobby has been chevrons; and as he always manages to get a pair that cover his whole arm, we often wonder whether it is attributable to the size of the chevron or the absence of size in the boy. Early in his collegiate career we began to realize that this young classmate of ours was to be a man of letters. His themes were the delight of Bommy, and had Johnny deigned to stoop he might have made many a pretty penny writing themes for delinquents. After graduation he tells us he intends to drop the study of botany, and add B.A. to his name, and then take up the attack on Blackstone. As a lawyer he will undoubtedly shine, but we predict the necessity of a cheese box as a pedestal, in order to raise his head to a com- manding altitude. Feminine wiles have of late inveigled this youth, and fain would we warn him, but we know that experience must be his teacher, and even as Daniel came forth from the Lyons den, we are sure Johnnie will soon recover, and continue his life ' s work, all the better off for his experience. 22

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William Joseph Frere, Second Lieutenant , Company A Tomkinsville, Md. Civil Engineering . Vice-President Class, ' 08, ' 09, ' 10. Vice-President Athletic Association. Corporal sophomore year. Quartermaster Sergeant, Junior year. w ' HAT delicately posed physique walking proudly, even majestically although bur- dened with that almost unseemly instru- ment of Civil Engineering ken is William J. Frere. In other words it ' s Bill. Bill made his initial bow to mundane society on June 10, 1884, and society has been bowing back ever since. For Bill is just such a man and com- mands just so much respect. It was Charles county to be sure. But God wot there are worse habitats. He obtained his early education in the vicinity of his birthplace and then began to hunt around for a place commensurate with his abilities in which to complete it. Even from that far off corner of the universe his attention was speedily directed to the M. A. C. whither he came to matriculate in — . Since this time he has astounded Doc Tolly with several new theories in the various branches in mathematics and has deported himself as a man with proper military bearing should. He has not escaped conditionless. But who has? Purely carnal man cannot be expected to be perfection. Then had he no use for greater dignitaries the gods, Commy and Zodiac. Speaking of women. You get there don ' t you? Did you ever notice that when a man begins to talk even about another man he will get to the women? Well such a contingency and this digression are to be condoned when speaking of Bill. How that matchless, all surpassing, symmetry of figure and charm of personality has escaped Hymen ' s fetters so far is the eighth wonder of the material universe. In truth Bill has the reputation of hav- ing once invested heavily in the mellifluous stock of Cupid Co. but to his chagrin she turned out to be a suffragette or some other equally abnormal variety of the species and since then Bill has devoted himself most assiduously to the pursuit of calculus, physics, tactics and con- ditions. In consequence things matrimonial have occupied an almost infinitesimal place in Bill ' s mind, the more glory to Bill. And before closing let me say that when Doc Tolly loses Frere he will have to seek far and near to procure so satisfactory an ornament to his course, mentally, physically and socially. Above all Bill is a man, God bless you. We entertain the most sanguine hopes for his ulti- mate success. 24