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

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j THE: -VICTORY- GRlgT Israel Caplan Pro.vidence, R. I. “Cappic” “Duke Applied Science Freshman Debate (i); Varsity Debate (2); Beacon (1), (2), (3), (4); Beacon Associate Board (4). His majesty, the Duke of East Hall”, is here presented. Who would think by looking at this “two by four” specimen that he was an orator. Yet, it is true, and the slippery phrases from his glib tongue drop into the cars of his audience like cider down a Senior’s throat. “Cappic is a musician of no mean ability and the sorrowful strains of a mandolin may be heard around his domicile at almost any hour of the day and night. The “Duke” spent most of last year at Uncle Sam’s “Picnic Grounds” at Newport. Since his return he has haunted the Chcm. Lab. where his one ambition is to produce a molecule large enough to be seen by the naked eye. Cheer up, “Cappic,” good chemists come small as well as large. William Brown Carnie Pawtucket, R. I. “Bill” “Wild Bill” Electrical Engineering Class Football (2); Subscription Manager Beacon (2); Circulation Manager Beacon (3); Business Manager Beacon 14). Bill” came to us from that world-famous town of Woonsocket, but recently changed his abode to the metropolis of Pawtucket. “Bill’s cheerful countenance and “Flivver” full of “down the liners” are common sights on the campus. Recently “Bill” has been extremely interested in the upkeep of the dancing school at Peacedale and it is said he is an artist in this line. It is a familiar scene to see “Bill, with his screw-driver and slepladder, invading the realms of Davis to repair a light which has been accidentally turned off, for he is our “electrician.” “Bill” is a good student and promises to become a serious rival of old Thomas A. Edison himself. Horace Wilbur Clarke, AX A Providence, R. I . “Clarky” ‘Wop Mechanical Engineering Class Football (2); Glee Club (1); Grist Board (4); President Mechanical Engineering Society (4). “Wop” started in at Rhode Island as a day student, but soon decided he would rather live in the “co-ediatic” atmosphere of the Hill. His happy-go-lucky attitude has won him many friends. “Clarky” is always ready for work or propagating a rough house. In his Sophomore year, “Clarky” was a member of the ill-fated “2nd squad” and according to Prof. Bill’s, encountered and conquered the crucial point in his life. Now that he has no worries he is an ardent follower of C. E. Lately he has joined the “down-the-liner ' s” and enjoys its thrills immensely. “Clarky” is a good student but never allows his studies to interfere with pleasure. On leaving college, “Wop and Tony” are sure to conquer all comers. 24

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RHODE- lJlAND JC9E ' ©LEGE J Frederic Robinson Briggs, PIK Hartford, Conn. “Pipes” “Fred” Agriculture Captain Class Debating Team (l); Class Football (2); Soph. Hop Committee (2); Beacon Board (1), (2), (3), (4); F.ditor-in-chief Beacon (4); Student Council (2), ft); President Student Council (4); Class President (4); Polygon (3). (4); Honors (1), (3). When it comes to pep and enthusiasm, this brilliant product of East Greenwich Academy is there. He is interested in everything. “Pipes” is a conscientious student and always manages to find time between his other arduous activities to get away with his courses. As a “meal hound” and “tomato fiend” it is quite fitting and proper that “Fred” should be Head Waiter. The Co-eds have never had any attraction for Fred, and every one has heard his stall, “Oh, but I am only learning to dance.” Nevertheless Dame Rumor tells us that “Pipes is a terror with the ladies when he leaves the Hill. Ralph Ernest Brierley, H Kingston, R. I. “Ralph” Chemical Engineering Editor of Beacon (4); Beacon Board (2), (3), (4); Class Debating Team (2); Manager Glee Club (3); Polygon (3), (4); Secretary Ath- letic Association (4); Grist Board (4); Corporal (2); Sergeant (3); Captain (4). Whenever we gaze upon our boy Ralph, the name of that other great man, Sherlock Holmes, comes into our minds. Why? Sher- lock also had a “Watson.” He came to us way back in the dark ages and was so entranced by the beauties of the vicinity that he has taken up his abode with us. We are glad to announce that he is again hard at work on his book, “Conquests 1 Have Made,” work on which was suspended during the war. However, he was able to collect much valuable material during that time. Emily Catherine Campbell, 2 K Newport, R. I. “Em” “M. L. E.” Home Economics Class Vice-President (2), (3); Girl’s Glee Club (3). “1 am in love; but a team of horses shall not pluck that from me; nor who ’tis I love.” Yes, that dark-haired, dignified, bone-spectacled, studious young woman is our “M. L. E.” She adores the artistic, musical, poetic or literary. “Emerson” is her favorite man of letters, “Dear Old Pal of Mine” her favorite song, and Hal’s pictures arc always found on her desk. “Em” has shown quite an interest in ads all year. She’s received more pamphlets on “Kitchen Equipment”, “Building Material,” “Interior Decoration,” and “House Planning” than any- one in college. “Em” says she’s a man-hater, but we have our doubts. Like all other “Newporters,” here, “Em” is pigeon-toed, brilliant and lovable. ' 3

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RHODE- IjlAND JKIt ©LEGE Samuel Harry Cohen, QE II Providence, R. I. “Porky” “Sammy” Electrical Engineering “Porky”, the speed king at the “quiet game”, blew into Kingston from the phoney burg of Conimicut. With high and mighty hopes of becoming a second Stienmetz, he plunged into electrical engineering. However, his ambitions were brought down to an infinitesimal quantity by Lanza with his Mechanics and Thermo courses. “Sam- my” is an ardent supporter of athletics and his lusty war cries and witty remarks are to be heard at all contests. On his return from service, he brought back a vocabulary of English so choice that Prof. Churchill will find it necessary to get another degree at “Gob’s University” to compete with him. We predict that he will succeed as an electrical engineer. John William Cruickshank, H Providence, R. I. “Jack” “Cruick” Civil Engineering Class Football (t) (2); Corporal (2); 1st Sergeant (3); Major (4). Attention, men! Here comes “Cruick”, an officer and a gentleman. “Ockish” classes “Jack” as the finest gentleman he ever met, and John admits it. Owing to a disagreement with Secretary Daniels on the merits of a grape-juice diet, “Jack joined the army to protect his country. After the war “Jack” felt the lure of excitement and returned to Kingston to tell us who won the war. He is now working on that great military principle, the clement of surprise, and hopes to apply it by getting Scholastic Honors in this, his last year at college. Louise Elmore Damon, 2 K Kingston, R. I. “Lou” Home Economics Class Secretary (1), (2); Class Vice-President (3), (4); Vice- President Y. W. C. A. (3); Social Committee (2); Soph. Hop Com- mittee (2); Junior Prom (3); Commencement Play (3) Manager Senior Beacon (4); Secretary Lecture Association (4); Treasurer Co-ed Glee Club (3); Pan Hellenic (4). “She is of so free, so kind, so apt, so blessed a disposition, she holds it a vice in her nature not to do more than she is requested.” Although “Lou” hails from the South it can be truthfully said that she likes the “North-up” here. The diamond on her left hand is sufficient proof of that fact. “Lou” is an ardent picnicer, story-teller, and imitator. There is plenty to be said about her if one had the time and space. She has lived up to all the traditions of the Hill and believes, along with the rest of us, that a “bushel of fun” is worth a “peck of learning.” 25