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

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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

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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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Howard Roland Devilbiss, Second Lieutenant Company B . . . . New Windsor, Md. Civil Engineering. Sgt. in Band Junior year. Member Students Conference Committee ' lO- ' ll. Manager Baseball Team Senior year. Vice-Pres. Rossbourg Club. Member Athletic Council. A lion among ladies is a most dreadful thing. — Shakespeare. I am Sir Oracle, and when I ope ' my mouth let no dog bark. — Shakespearre. Confound it all, who says I ' m bowlegged? ?r OOK acomin ' ! Quit your fooling Pop. fMU f Shut up and sit down you fellows or Tj , I ' ll be to drive you all out. Don ' t you know Ford lives under here? This is f what may be heard in 36 Old Barracks, where f the Devil resides and reigns supreme. Roland hails from the great City of New Windsor, Carroll County, situated on the Western Maryland Railroad. It was in this town and in the preparatory department of New Windsor Col- i, lege that he laid the foundation for a higher ed- j ucation which he later elected to obtain at M. A. j C. and accordingly matriculated here as a Prep in 1906. H. Roland by his attractive ways soon had all society at his feet and since then his chief f occupation during study hours has been writing letters of regret or acceptance; but in the major- i ity of cases, acceptance, for Sunday afternoons ' i, have seldom found him in M. A. C. To attend , dances on Friday nights has been his rule with few exceptions. In his early years at M. A. C. ' (, Roland would always terminus at Hyattsville but after having become more accustomed to the city ' or for some other unknown reason Wash, has . been for some time passed his accustomed desti- — -- - s«- - - ' ' ' nation; and at last he has explained to us that she had moved to town. In the Senior year he was given the privilege of holding his own in the file closers of Company B as Second Lieut, and having been elected manager of the Baseball Team he has given much time and energy to the requirements of this office. One has to be very careful in speaking to Manager H. R. Devilbiss when acting in his official capacity or no reply will be forthcoming. However his most intimate friends could manage once in a while to break down this barrier of self importance and to get a glowing account of some of his miraculous exploits in town, which always terminate in some one kidding him about taking so long to say good night and giving him the following advice: If you love the girl, why don ' t you marry her? Devilbiss is one of Doc. Tollies most dutiful proteges and immensely enjoys (?) playing lackey whenever His Highness desires reference books and other official paraphernalia brought from class room to office or from office to field. As an instru- ment man Devil has become both accurate and expeditious; when there is a precise line to run by the Senior C. E. ' s he is always there to do the work. Yet it has been noticed that he is not particularly fond of a rodman ' s job especially when there are ferocious bovines snorting about the premises. We think that after a few years of travel and adventure as an engineer Devil will settle down as a Carroll County farmer and politician, with a Carroll County lassie for his bride. He loves to tell his credulous classmates of the marvelous amount of hay he can pitch on a hot summer ' s day, and his long evening drives up the country. 23