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

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E. C. KEEFER. M. F. WHITE. M. K. QUINN.

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The most marked peculiarity of this young man, however, is his open antipathy to the opposite sex. This failing, or characteristic, is carried to an absurdity. Rather than be met by a young lady, he would prefer to go any distance or spend any amount of money. Since this timid creature can not speak for himself, it will be necessary to label him Charles Ely Whitmore. KATE GRACE BARBER. Kate Grace Barber has come daily from Carolina until this year. Now she cheers Watson House with her charming presence. Her most noteworthy act as a Junior has been to have scarlet fever. In basket ball she is a shining light and on the apparatus she performs most miraculous feats. But, alas ! her strength is not equally distributed — it is noticeably absent in her voice. During Sophomore year Kate had the biology mania, and the eagerness with which she seized every unoffending insect which chanced across her path was painful to see. Many of her happiest Junior hours have been passed in the chemical laboratory. She has even been heard to express a desire to spend Sunday in that delightful retreat. It would be hard to prophesy what she will do in after years. She as- pires to be an old maid, so it is probable that she will study and teach until she reaches the age of fifty, and then retire to a southern plantation to end her days in peace and plenty. ARTHUR NOYES PECKHAM. Now we see before us our only representative from Kingston, Arthut Noyes Peckham. Happy, at peace with all mankind, his pleasant counte- nance cheers the hearts of students and professors. He has days when the world goes wrong, and at such times he delights shrewdly to question his teachers to see if he can detect them in error. Failures in any line do not seem to disturb his tranquility, for he is a living example of the motto : “If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again.” He is conspicuous by his absence at chapel and drill. Arthur believes in the theory of absorption, especially in regard to his studies. He carries his books around with him most faithfully, and is never seen separated from his “Chardenal.” Owing to some lack of vigilance on his part his “Physics” escaped his grasp for several weeks, with dire consequences. He is fond of mathematics — oral tests in particular— and always appears promptly to take them. He loves a good argument, and will go round and round a point just as many times as he can induce any one to follow him. Given time enough, he would convince you that black is white. He has many of the characteristics of a lawyer. Up to the present time he has made his greatest success as an auctioneer. EDITH STOUGIITENBURG RODMAN. And now we have before us the youngest member of our class. We recall the many days we have anxiously awaited Edith’s arrival over those