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

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Charles Raymond Drach Sam ' s Creek, Md. Mechanical Engineering. A glass is good, and a lass is good, And a pipe to smoke in cold weather; The world is good, and the people are good And we ' re all good together — O ' Keefe. Laugh and grow fat — Taylor. N n - C) HURRY, gentlemen, no hurry. Take your seats. Have a smoke! Golly day! Did you see that article in yesterday ' s ' Sun, ' about that split between the Dem- ' •■, ocratic leaders? Goodness Gracious! Why, I J never saw such rotten politics. If you ' ll take my word, the next election is going to bring some l sweeping changes in this state! And Raymond, jolly Dutchman that he is, in all his portly dignity is settled comfortably in his arm chair, heels on ' ■, the table, cigar in his hand, beneficently beaming with soft brown eyes upon his ever welcome vis- itors, prepared to entertain them as long as they may wish to stay. , C. Raymond Drach (often corrupted into Drake or Drack) made his entree into human so- ' ciety in 1889. He has had a number of homes, but for the last six years has had his home at Sam ' s Creek, Frederick County, on the border of Carroll. After capping his public school educa- tion with a year at New Windsor College, he de- cided to become a mechanical engineer and ma- triculated at M. A. C. Upon entering college our industrious Ray- mond joined the retinue of Johnny Green, and finding service at his court profitab ' e from the standpoint of exercise and recreation as well as of remuneration, he has continued in faithful service to the numerous potentates of M. A. C. culinary affairs, rising higher each year in esteem and rank until for the past two years he has been Commander-in-Chief of the commissary department, and right nobly has he ruled his wayward yeomen. Raymond has succeeded in making the military department keep hands off for this year, having donned his much despised uniform but twice in the whole year. Commy has not agreed with him entirely as to his drilling ability, however, and they have ex- changed many heart-to-heart confidences regarding the same. Had he been aware of the sweet naps that Raymond enjoyed during chapel exercises, and his frequent busi- ness excursions to town, he would probably have coaxed still more strenuously to make the erring one see things as they ought to be seen. As a scholar, Raymond is due a prize as a writer of forceful themes, and he excels as a mechanical draftsman, though in Deutsch he and Boohoo seldom agree as to the proper translation, nor did he fall deeply in love with foundry work. In social affairs, our gentle Raymond seldom fails to charm the maiden ' s hearts, and we believe that he will soon be a rising young mechanical engineer in Philadelphia, with a fair Frederick county damsel for his Frau. 24

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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

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Charles CaTOR FurnisS, Captain Company B Crisfield, Md. Civil Engineering. On Baseball Team ' 09,- ' 10,- ' ll. 2nd Sergt. Co. A and treas. of his class Junior year. Vice-Pres. Athletic Association. Member of Student Conference Committee. Athletic Editor Reveille and Shield Bearer. Did you hear that boy laugh. — Browning. The glory of a firm capacious mind. — Pope. HE SCENE was in Crisfield, Md., some I nineteen or twenty years ago. The mists U cleared. The fog horns ceased and great steamers sailed by in majestic silence. The children on the streets quit yelling, and people talked in hushed tones. All nature seemed to hold its breath. Suddenly a strange sound pealed forth, such as never before fell upon the ears of man. It continued half an hour. Charles Cator Purniss was introducing himself to the world. He has been making similar noises spasmodically ever since, and the older he grows the more pro- longed are the spasms. For want of a better , name we call it a laugh, though he is often seized with a spell when every one around is as ' solemn as a judge, and was once taken with one j while the preacher was saying, Ashes to ashes jt and dust to dust. ( Purniss has forged his way through the con- ventional routine of scholastic training with re- markable rapidity and success. Graduating from Crisfield High School in ' 08, with high honors, and an ambition to become a learned mathema- tician, he soon decided to clear for M. A. C. Armed with his High School dip and Went- - . -- — ' ' worth ' s Trig, and log tables, and proudly flying the flag of the Eastern Sho ' in every word and act, he bore down upon us on Sept. 15th, and was promptly classed as a Sophomore. Por awhile Charlie suffered from love sickness for the girl he left behind, but was soon cured of the malady and became a loyal M. A. Ceasar. On Saturday nights Pop and Devil are often seen strolling down the path for a large evening in town. These gaieties on one occasion awakened the aesthetic nature of the former to such an extent that upon returning to college he preferred to sleep in the sweet perfume of a flower bed than upon his accustomed couch. Say Wife, what ' s the lesson in hydraulics? No sooner told the forgotten assign- ment than Purniss. the student is lost to all else but his lessons. A brief period of intense concentration is all that is required, however, and his books have long been closed and Pop is in slumberland while his classmates are still vaguely groping around in a labyrinth of mathematical formulae. Pop has been a necessary adjunct to the baseball team for the past three years. As an example of his prestige as an athletic hero on the team ' s return from a recent victory, he was borne home from Riverdale in a chariot drawn by admiring school- mates. As a military man the Captain of B Company is a shining star. His company has merited the banner in target practice this year, and Pop says he sure is going to win the sword. We wish him good luck. We have no fear that he will have a most successful and happy life, brightened by the love of some other Crisfield Dearie. 25