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

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MARYLAND AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE 25 Alfred Nisbet Baltimore, Md. Chemical Senior Year, Assistant Business Manager Reveille; Treasurer, Senior Class; Chairman, Programme Committee, Rossbourg Club; Secretary and Treasurer, Chemi- cal Society. Nebby ' No, this is not our Mellin ' s Food Baby. It is a member of the Senior Class, otherwise known as Nebby. Nebby made his appearance on this planet in 1889, and has developed into some orator — his first sentence being ' , a bo-at, pa-pa; a bo-at ! He later became enthusiastic over wild animals, and as a result was able to recog nize the different kinds. He turned over to his father and said : Make an elephant mit a chizel, pa- pa ; wit a chisel. Nebby joined our ranks in the year of 1 911, and has worked hard for the interests of the class, especially in the pennant line. I wonder why? Ask A. N. IMeyer Company. Socially. Nebby is some fusser, but althoui; ' h his correspondence is very limited, his chubby little face and bright blue eyes cause hearts to flutter and doves to soar from the Avenue and alight in Georgetown. Incidentally, the magnetic attraction of one of the aforesaid doves draws Nebby to Georgetown during some of his leisure hours. Since the terrible catastrophe, Nebby ' s place of abode has been College Arms. He seems to have acquired much popularity there, for every morning the land- lady, on awakening him, replies to some of Nebby ' s fool remarks with All right, my boy. In the Military Department, Nebby with his company of busted aristocrats is surely some genius, for Captain ( ?) Nisbet is the only one who is the eye of Com- my ' s heart. Nebby has worked hard and diligently in whipping his company of done fors into shape, and can enter into competition with any of the regular companies of the battalion. We must not, however, overlook the fact that his star drillers are Sammy and Leo. and he has shown his confidence in their ability by promoting them to the rank of lootenants.

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24 TH 1913 REVEILLE Drum Major George Byron Morse, 3c1 Omaha, Neb. General Corporal, Sophomore Year. Sergeant; Chairman, Floor Committee; Junior Prom; Junior Year. Historian; Associate Editor of the Reveille ; Senior Year. Byron. ' Here conies onr band. Wait jii.st a mintite until it pas.ses. The tall man in front with the big ' stick is our friend in question. Isjin ' t he some military. Byron is really a military genius — no kiddin ' . Birthplace — he has none. His father is a bacteri- ologist in the Department of Agri- culture, and as a result poor B)yron has been dragged through Philadel- phia, New Jersey, Ohio, New York City, Cambridge, Riverdale, Omaha, Guel])!!, Canada, .and numerous other large cities too ntuiierous to mention. He has suffered torture at the hands of the pedagogues of these various places. His early training was re ceived at Lima, Ohio ; lience. his big bean. X otice the high intellectual brovv ' . Byron says, he sees the humorous side of everything, and no one can gainsay him, for he is a veritable Mark Twain. More than once he has turned away wrath with a soft an- swer, and quite often one of his fool questions or remarks has set the class in an uproar. This same good sense of humor saved Morse much in his rat year. For a while he had them pretty well bluffed. Quite a number of the old boys advised him not to be so rash if he was a rat. Evidently, the sunny countenance which he wore did not seem relative to the cold pessimistic thoughts of a rat. This progeny of the four winds of heaven is one of Commy ' s pets, and it was due to his drag with the Big Chief that Byron obtained his present job as Drum Major, which, however much it may .appeal to some, does not by any means satisfy his Napoleonic ambitions. Last, but not least, Morse is a social man, as you will see in the heading of this biography. He and Sy work together in a manner very satisfactory to the student body. These, however, are but a few of Byron ' s qualities.

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26 THE 1913 REVEILLE Lieutenant Edwin Emerson Powell, Company A Baltimore, Md. Civil Engineering Sophomore Year, Treasurer Class; Junior Year, Sergeant Company A; Vice-Presi- dent Class: Assistant Editor Triangle; Chairman Refreshment Committee, Junior Prom; Senior Year, Vice-President Class; Chairman Auditing Committee; Chair- man June Ball Refreshment Committee; Photographic Editor Reveille; Winner Tennis Tournament, ' 11- ' 12; Captain Lacrosse Team ' 10- ' 11- ' 12- ' 13. Eddie ' Whenever you see a bunch gathered on the campus or in the barracks, there is one safe bet as to the cause, Eddie is cracking a bum joke. For four long years we have been forced to submit to the punishment of Ed ' s jokes. Oh, such jokes. Many and many a time has Ed left a group of his classmates gasping for breath, while he went serenely on his way, looking for additional victims. Besides being the champeen long distance joke teller of the Cadet Corps, the bearer is some singer. His voice is like the sweetness of a rusty hinge. The constant giving of the stir- ring command in honeyed tones, strap- jars and sugar bowls, is doubtless responsible for the sweetness of the aforesaid voice. If Ed would use fer- tilizer on his nightingale tones he would doubtless make a howling suc- cess in grand uproar. He has even been known to sing before the shin- ing crowned heads of College Park. While at M. A. C, this product of Baltimo has grown to be some mil- itary genius. His modesty held him down till his Junior Year, when Commy conferred on A Company the honor of Sergeant Powell. Then did Edwin Elizabeth ' s genius blaze forth in a blaze of glory. Oh ! much. The recent flood in Illinois dampened his enthusiasm considerably. I forgot to mention that she ' lives in Cairo. Yep, everybody ' s doing it, so Ed thought he might as well be in the swim. However, lead where it may, life ' s pathway will always be brightened for Eddy by the best wishes of every one of his classmates. We all feel assured that success will attend him in all his ventures.