University of Rhode Island - Renaissance / Grist Yearbook (Kingston, RI)

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Class of 1903 C. E. WHITMORE, President. Vice President. E. L. KIEFER, Secretary. F. L. CROSS, Treasurer. Colors. — P urple and White. Honorary Member A. E. Bosworth. Members K. G. P.arber E. L. Kiefer L. M. Cooke R. W. Kent E. J. Crandall W. Eoomis F. L. Cross A. N. Peckiiam J. G. Cross M. L. Quinn J. E. Dueey E. S. Rodman W. Goddard, Jr. E. A. Tefft F. C. HoxsrE M. F. White W. M. Hoxsie C. E. Whitmore

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especially conformable to fact in his cerebro-hemispherical dissertations on the constitutional formullary of meta-benzene-dicarboxylic-enzyme- para icucaniline-sulphonic-esterated-nitrosophenylostryphinic decomposi- tion. ROBERT WILEIAM PITKIN. It is an unfortunate circumstance for the malignant reviewer when he chances to meet such an unpretentious character as “Deacon” Pitkin. We should have been most happy to roast him, but the worst we can say is that he isn’t as bad as the rest of us. He has always acted as a balance wheel for the wild and wicked members of the class, and bis good inten- tions even force him to stay out all night “watching” for opportunities to prevent evil. The “Deacon” is visibly broadening ;n his views of men and things, and although we depraved ones can never hope to reach his ethical standards, he still attempts to encourage us in our upward strug- gles. He is somewhat of a “grind,” but, notwithstanding this, we expect him to be a great engineer.

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To write the history of this class, And write it clear and plain, Is more than mortal man could ask And have a mind that’s sane. For all the things that have occurred In the class, both great and small, Would make a book of size un heard And drive the printer to the wall. So for these simple reasons I’ll select the greatest facts And with them my paper season, Although it much will lack.