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

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MARYLAND AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE 27 Lieutenant John Rowland Reichard, Company B, Horticulture Fairplay, Mel. Junior Year; Sergeant, Class Historian, Junioir Editor Triangle. Senior Year; Editor-in-Chief Reveille, President Y. M. C. A., Secretary Morrill Literary Society. Daniel. ' ' ' Come in, fellows; help ' ourself to these, and Reichard, the host, ex- tends to us his guaranteed brain food — dried prunes. Daniel Webster Reichard, the sage of the class, made his debut at M. A. C. in the fall of 1910. It was in Dr. McDonnell ' s classroom that we were first made aware of his mental ability, when he commenced his astonishing disserta- tion on Ira Remsen ' s Inorganic Chem- istr}-. He had completed two cha])- ters, and well into the third, when Doc. Mac regained his senses .and signalled him to stop. I say signalled, because Doc. was speechless. Xever before had such wisdom shown itself in the chemical classroom — aye, even in any classroom at M. A. C. Daniel ' s advent into this life was somewhere in Washington Count}- ; we have been unable to discover the exact location, because Fairplay is merely the work of some imaginative genius who had endeavored to have a spur of the Western Maryland run through his section of the country. As a babe in swaddling clothes, he would bring the wise men of the country swarming to him to receive any chance drop of wisdom which might fall from his infant lips. Soon he entered the pub- lic schools of the State, and before many years had received all available knowledge in that section of the State. To further his mental training he jour- neyed to M. A. C. Upon his arrival the Faculty saw fit to advance the standard of the school a whole year in order that Daniel could remain in our midst at least three years. Our Solomon claims that at the close of his Senior Year he will return to the farm, but we are sure such is not the case. There are too few great minds in this world to let him waste his genius in the country. As to afifairs of the heart, with but one exception, Reichard has none. That exception is the President of the National Women ' s Suffrage League of Fair- play, Maryland.

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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.

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28 THE 1913 REVEILLE Captain William Kean Robinson, Company B Franktown, Va. Chemistry Junior Year Sergeant Company A; Sergeant-at-Arms Morrill Literary Society, Class Orator. Senior Year, Secretary Class, Secretary Student Conference Committee, Secretary Student Assembly, President Liebig Chemical Society, Chairman Floor Com- mittee Rossbourg Club; Associatoi Editor Reveille. Bob. William K. Robinson, .alias Bob, hails from the Garden Spot of the World — Eastern Sho ' of A irg-inia, although he claims as his home by adoption the little town of Princess Anne, Md. The adoption of said town is easily explained when we see Bob reading .a daily issue of a book postmarked Princess Anne. Bob, dictagraph like, takes down every extraordinary word, the result being a large and promiscuous vocab- ulary. Recapitulate (one of Commy ' s), now, let me see, you blank old thing, ]iredominate and others are among his most recent ad- ditions. As a nurse Bob has no equal. This was shown in a most capable man- ner at the home of one of the IVofs. when left in charge of the babies one night. He very carefully prepared his young charges — shoes and all — ■ for bed. Congratulations on your success L ' ncle Bob. Bob takes great interest in the lil- itary Department, and is a decided success as Captain of Company B. At present time Bob is trying to tell Commy how much he knows about extended orders, guard mounting, etc. (And how much Commy does not know.) We must not omit to mention his musical inclinations. His melodious voice, which reminds one of a buzz-saw striking a knot, often recapitulates itself to the tune of That ' s How I Need You or When I Lost You. However, there is one thing certain, if he has to pay for all the apparatus he breaks Bob will never be wealthy, and he had better get a position in one of the tropical islands. With all of these failings. Bob is always there with a smile and a bum joke. Laying aside our hammer, we can say that no matter what Bob attempts to do, he always does it with an amazing thoroughness, and there is nothing but a bright future awaiting him.