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

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Harry Speake Cobey, Second Lieutenant Company A Vienna, Va. Civil Engineering. Sergeant, Junior year; Secretary of class, ' 11; Senior Y. M. C. A. Editor-in-Chief of Reveille, ' 11. Associate Editor of Triangle. Instructor. ' 11; They judge him not aright; if he ' s fair faced, They say the gentleman should be their sister. — Shakespeare. A capacity for hard work may not be a talent, but it is the best possible substitute for one. — Proverb. m ENTLEMEN, observe this shining example of virgin innocence, meekness, and mod- ' esty. A tall, pale brother, carrying himself as if he had swallowed a ramrod and was having trouble with the digestion tliereof. He brings with him, wherever he may be, an atmos- phere of pure, unspotted sanctity. This is Harry Cobey, another of the various and wonderful products of good old Charles Coun- ty. Born June 21, 1890, of a good old Southern Maryland family (originally from Ireland) he has had a varied if not exciting experience. He has been tutor, farm manager, teacher, and, in an amateur way, an actor, and now he has turned editor. His early education was received at Friendship Academy, in his native county. En- tering M. A. C. in 1906, he continued here for two years, at the end of which time he was compelled to leave on account of sickness. He returned in 1909 to complete his course. While Harry is not a brilliant scholar, he is a hard, steady worker at whatever he determines to do, and in the end such tactics always bring him thru. His original theories for the solution — --. ---- - - = ' of calculus problems are the despair of Doc. Tollie, and as for his opinion of that instructor, we will not repeat it here, for fear of ruining Harry ' s reputation for saintly meekness. English Composition is, however, the great- est load on his mind, and in this he is not alone in his class. Der Wissen Schaftliche Deutsche is another of his foes. But to see Harry at his best, one should be with him on a surveying trip or one of Commy ' s map making expeditions. There he is in his element, and the neat work he can turn out is surprising. His ambition is to become an expert civil engineer, and on leaving this college he may enter some university to complete the education he has so well begun. 21

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Charles Atwell ChaNEY, First Lieutenant Company B Mechanical Engineering. Reistertown, Md. Sgt. Junior year. Pres. Rifle Club Senior year. Associate Editor of the Reveille. A reasoning mule will neither lead nor drive — Mallet. He is in logic a great critic, profoundly skilled in analytic. — Butler. ill hall. Y GOSH, what a meal, but never the less Rooster Chaney otherwise known as the Chicken, can be seen grinding away after every one else has left the mess This is no singular occurrence for he can be seen every day in the same situation. Rooster first saw the light of day July 15, 1890, at Glyndon, Balto. County, Md. From Glyn- don he moved to Reistertown, from Reistertown to Glyndon and from Glyndon back to Reister- town. The last we heard he was still living in the last mentioned pl ace, but we would not be at all surprised if he had moved back to the other place — which ever one it is. He received his ear- ly education from the public schools, graduating from Franklin High School with honors. Chaney came to us in the fall of 1909, and entered the Sophomore class. He stands well in his class and is perhaps one of the best mathematicians that has gradu- ated at M. A. C. in years. Every one looks upon this white haired youngster as an expert track and lacross man. Abe True says Chaney is one of the fastest men he ever knew, for on their , , trip to Philadelphia he made a tour in five min- ' utes that would take any ordinary man two or three hours. Chaney has had many wonderful experiences for no one can relate an adventure but that he has had a more marvelous one of similar character. Chicken is a great marksman. He holds the highest record in the battalion this year and won the medal on the range in 1910. When not playing lacross or shooting he can be found on the pike in running suit with handkerchief tied about his head hit- ting the grit for a short distance run to Hyattsville or perhaps taking the ten mile circuit to Beltsville when he wants to whet up a good appetite. When time grows stale on his hands he takes a turn at sliding off the chapel roof under the mild delusion that it is the cellar stairs of his childhood. When it comes to snoozing Chaney needs no soporific charms. On one occasion in his Junior year it required the united efforts of all A company, half the band with their noise boxes and several pitchers of cold water to lure him back from slumberland. Chaney is a trained vocalist. His voice is one in a thousand and we are sure that he would make a grand success of Hindoo dirges. Chaney is a model of consistency. He takes much care to be equally proficient in all his studies and will not show partiality to his favorites by putting more time on those than others. He is Catfish ' s brag engineer and will have completed a broader course in math than any previous graduate of this college. 20

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Thomas Davidson, First Lieutenant and Quartermaster Davidsonville, Md. Civil Engineering. Corporal Sophomore year. Sergeant Junior year. Vice-President Senior Class. Asso- ciate Editor Reveille. Genuis wins sometimes, but hard work always. For thy sake, Tobacco, I Would do anything but die. — Lamb. m HE SUN is just rising, and as attention sounds for reveille a tall, slender, dignified individual with spectacles, and wearing a gray sweater, with towel thrown across his shoulaer and a cake of soap in his hand, takes his station on the front steps and peers around for the O. C. — On time to the dot as always. A half minute later the occupant of 48 appears upon the scene, also in gray sweater, and is inevitably greeted with Wie finden Sie sich, mein Herr, by the brag German scholar of the Senior Class. Say, wait a minute. Got a cigarette? Gimme a match. I haven ' t anything ' cept the habit. It is thus that many a poor unfortunate who courts the goddess nicotine is approached by the Preacher, otherwise known as Thomas Da- vidson. The Preacher first opened his eyes to the light of day in the town of Davidsonville, Anne Arundel County, Maryland, on November 14, 1887. His first spoken word was not Mamma, as is natural with most children, but immediately upon recovering from his bewilderment at being ushered into a new planet, he set up a howl for something to smoke. Tom received his early education at public and private schools in his own town, but was then forced by ill health to abandon his educational pursuits until the fall of 1907 when he alighted at M. A. C. Since making this his headquarters Tom has shown a pronounced talent for study, and becomes very much disgusted if he discovers anyone in the class putting more time on his studies than himself. Thus he has gained high esteem among his class mates, who come to him with many of their scholastic difficulties. Tom is a great favorite of Doc Tollie ' s and the only one in the class with whom the latter will condescend to argue. Dr. Davidson is a stanch advocate of the Conley Regime, and has been a necessary adjunct to the military department both in the tactics class room as an authority on the theory of drill, and as a medical reference book when first aid to the injured is being discussed, and also on the field as Commy ' s chief marshal. Tho Tom has had a most propitious college career he avows that he shall be glad to settle down as an Anne Arundel County engineer and politician; yet we suspect that a subtle influence in the shaping of his future plans is exerted by certain of the fair sex, whose marvelous beauty Anne Arundel County has long been noted. May his path thru life be smooth, and Dame Fortune take him for her own true son. 22