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

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THE; VICTORY- GRlgT William Harold Dawson, A A W Methuen, Mass. “Bill” Civil Engineering Class Football (2); Class Baseball (1) (2); Grist Board (3), (4); Assistant Manager Basketball (3); Beacon Board (3); Class Debating Team (2); Corporal (3); Student Council (4 Who is that tall dignified fellow strolling across the Campus: Why, that is “Judge Dawson,” the eminent philosopher from Methu- en. Behold his noble countenance! ' Tis said that on his first journey to Kingston the co-eds laughed at his high boots and check- ered suit. Probably this accounts for “Bill’s” total abstinence, for as a fusser “Bill” is “nihil.” His features nary portray him as a humorist. However, ' tis said, he made his way through college selling radiators! After graduation, “Bill” anticipates accomplish- ing some great task, probably the completion of the Chicken ville Railroad; who knows! Well, Bill, you have our best wishes. Mildred Elizabeth Edwards, 2 K Kingston, R. I. “Mil “Millie” Home Economics Class Vice-President (t), (4); Beacon Board (3), (4); Soph. Hop Committee (2); Commencement Play (3); Editor-in-chief Co-ed Beacon (3); Co-ed Glee Club (3); Pan Hellenic (4). “She bore a mind that envy could not but call fair.” Does she worry? Nope! Does she hurry? Nope! Docs she get there? Yep! Her peaceful calm is never ruffled except when something happens to one of the class flags, or when some Prof, springs a quiz, without warning. She has an awful predilection for Lieutenants of all descriptions, but we’re glad to sec that in one case, at least, the uniform is not the only attraction. But ahead of them all, Millie” puts her favorite “B. Wiggli, a first cousin to “B. Coli. We expect to sec a book of discovery written by Dr. Edwards, the younger, on “B. Mystcriac, the Heroine of the Lab.,” for Mildred is a budding bacteriologist. Whitney Eastman Greene Goulds, R. I. “Whit” “Greeny” Mechanical Engineering Scholastic Honors (i), (2), (3). What is that terrible sound? Why, that is only “Whit” astride his terrible steed. Every morning “Whit” and his one lung Indian blows in from the wilds of Gould. During the first two years, he remained in the dormant stage, regarding the fair sex as something to be avoided. Lately, he has been spending his pennies in the hopes of becoming a Tcrpsichorcan artist. “Whit” is a very studi- ous chap and obtains results as his record shows. His spare mo- ments are spent in hunting, fishing, and trapping. On leaving college, he expects to become a hunter and trapper in the wilds of Canada. His one ambition is to be a chief engineer, on a fur farm, raising scentless skunks. Whatever “Greeny” undertakes, he is sure to make a success in life. 26

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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

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RHODE- IJlANDJKlt (DLIBGE ‘ . -4 ’ Arthur Edmond Haslam, © X Providence, R. I. “Baldy” “Awthaw” Agriculture Rope Pull (2); Class Treasurer (3), (4); Class Baseball (3); Class Basketball (3); Assistant Manager Baseball (3); Manager Baseball (4); Polygon (3), (4); Cheer Leader (4). “Baldy” blew into Kingston from Providence, in 1916, an “Ag- gie by choice, and an avowed “Woman Hater” by profession. The former he stuck to but the latter he rapidly outgrew. In fact, he reached the climax by “stepping out down the line.” “When 1 was down Maine.” as “Awthaw” would say, he won fame as a play- ing manager. Although small in size, he makes up for this misfortune by the “pep” and hard work that he puts into everything he under- takes. He is equally adept in studies or roughhousing. His favorite expression is “I don’t know a thing about it” and his motto “Treat Charles Potter Holley “Charlie” “C. P.” Why our friend “Charlie” chose the mechanical engineering course none of us could understand, for his initials seemed to indicate a strong (?) inclination toward chemistry. During the four long years, “Charlie” has been able to keep a clean slate. Perhaps his ability to “pump a rule” has enabled him to do this. Whenever Lanza filled the board with figures and numerous signs, someone always piped out, “Frigger it out, C. P.” After a few joyful slides, “Charlie” always placed us back on “Easy Street” again. At last “Charlie” has made his “debut” and is now a weekly visitor at the village dancing school. Stay with ’em “Charlie” you are bound to win. Kingston, R. I. Mechanical Engineering John Foster Holmes, A X A Needham, Mass. “Jack” Agriculture Orchestra (1), (2), (3), (4); Band (1), (2); Bugler (2); Y. M. C. A. Advisory Board (3), (4). “Jack” likes Boston in summer, “Winter’s” at Rhode Island, talks Needham, hates long laboratory hours and plays the comet, lie believes Boston to be the “Athens of America”, can almost con- vince you Boston is the backyard of Needham, assures himself that long laboratory hours are for rest and recreation, and makes every- one praise his jazzy comcting. Loyalty is “Jack’s” watchword and he applies it thoroughly. It only took two months at M. A. C. to convince him Rhode Island was the only place. “Jack” is a hard worker whether at milking cows, cornet playing, sleeping, public speaking, college activities, or “aggie literature.” “Jack” will prob- ably be awarded the honor of becoming Needham’s band master, on leaving the hill. 27