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

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Richard Grant Casey, 0 X Bridgewater, Mass. Dick Electrical Engineering Baseball ( ) (2) (3). Captain (4); Class Basketball (2) (3). Vice-President Athletic Association (4); R. I. Club ( 2 ) (3) (4). “Dick came to Kingston in the winter of 1919, and since his Freshman year has been a popular boy upon the campus. He always has a smile for everyone and has never been known to refuse anyone who asks for a smoke. He has been active as a baseball player and is an ideal leader for this year ' s team. His great failing has been going home to work, but everyone knows there is a Girls ' Normal School in Bridgewater, so he hasn ' t fooled anyo ne. Dick has ambitions to make KC chocolates as famous throughout the country as they are in Bridgewater, and we wish him success. Irving Lester Churchill, Z II A; i K i Kingston, R. I. “Hank “Chesty Applied Science Delegate Norlhfield Y. M. C. A. Conference ( ' Delegate Des Moines Y. M. C. A. Conference (2); Class Debating Team (I); Beacon ' Board i i (2) (3) (4). Associate Board (3 1. Editor-in- Chief (4); President Debating Society (3); Corpora I (3). Sergeant (4); Glee Club (4 1; Scholastic Honors (I) (2) (3 1; Grist Board (3) ( 4 ); Apple Judging Team (4); Varsity Debating Team (4). Four years ago when S. K. H. S. thrust this long, innocent young man out into the cruel world he decided to stick around home for his college career, so he entered R. I. State. His long list of achievements above shows that he hasn’t wasted his time, either in activities or studies. He is studying agriculture, but it is hard to tell whether or not he will be a farmer. We prophesy that he will follow in the footsteps of his illustrious Dad. and be a Prof somewhere, sometime. Edwin Harold Coker, AXA; t K fr;TKA Providence, R. I. “Ed” Coke” Mechanical Engineering Captain Class Debating Team (!) (2); Editor-in-Chief Beacon (It 12 f; Captain Rope Pull (2); Class Track (7); Secretary-Treasurer Mechanical Engineering Club (2); Corporal(2 1 : Y. M. C. A. I i . President Y. M. C. A. (3); Scholastic Honors (It (2) (3). Manager Baseball (4); President T K A (4); Varsity Debating Team (2 Polygon (3); Student Council (2) (3) (4 ). President Student Council (7). Ed” is our 1922 delegate from Bevo Terrace (nee Beer Hill). Judging from his work the past four years we should say that the land of the brewery whistles ought to feel quite proud to own such a son. Outside of being a scholar. Coke” is also a social lion. He has never yet missed a big dance, that is from the balcony.

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Alfred Gould Benjamin ' ‘Ben East Greenwich, R. I. Electrical Engineering Ben is one of the few remaining Old Guard who have returned to us after completing their work for Uncle 5am. He numbered, way back in 15. such oldtimers as Leboeuf. Creedon. Hopkins, etc., for his friends. In I 7 he enlisted in the Navy at Newport. He was a member of the mystery ship, the U. S. S. Whittemore. which cruised the western coast of Africa. It was a submarine decoy elaborately equipped with electrical apparatus so designed as to detect submarines by means of sound waves. When Ben returned in the Fall of ' 19. he brought with him a ready stock of electrical knowledge which will stand him in good stead in his chosen work. Harold Carlton Bloxham. AA ' l ' Pawtucket, R. I. Blox Chemical Engineering Polygon (3) (4); “ Beacon (2); Chem Society (3). President Chem. Society ( 4 ); Employment Bureau (2) (3). Blox hails from the northern city of Pawtucket. Although not an athlete. “Blox is a loyal supporter of all the teams. Industrious, yes. but still water runs deep.” Ask him to tell you that one about — As a successful monitor he ' d make good in a deaf and dumb school. Being President of the Chemical Society, he is fast learning the art of Soap Box oratory. When next we hear of him it will be either as a discoverer of a new dye or else as General Postmaster of the Northern Metropolis. Joseph Bernard Byrnes, AAt Providence. R. I. “Joe” Civil Engineering Scholastic Honors ( ) (2) (3); Class Football (2); Secretary - Treasurer Engineering Society (3). President Engineering Society (4); Military Ball Committee (3); 1st Sergeant (3). Captain {4); Glee Club (3) (4); Student Council ( 4 ). Joe” graduated from “Tech and then decided to come to R. I. to study civil engineering. Any time one wishes to see Joe.” he will be sure to find him boning at his desk. His favorite recreation is dancing, and he is frequently seen at our social functions. Up to the present time he has managed to steer clear of Davis Hal l. Good work. ' Joe ' , keep it up.” When Joe graduates he is planning to accomplish some great deed. Probably he might be planning to build a lift bridge across the famous Chepuxet River. Who knows???

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Elizabeth Eloise Corr. 0 A A East Greenwich. R. I. Elizabeth Buthy Home Economics Glee Club ( 1 1 (2); Commencement Play (2); Soph Hop Committee (2). Sophomore Banquet Committee (2). “Eliz ' beth told you that? — and you believed it? Why. she was only kidding.” And -forthwith the goat of the joke registers a feeble smile of intelligence. No one in the class of 22 has a better line than our “Buthy”: no one enjoys dancing more, but everyone likes studying and library work as well. When the advance styles come to Kingston, it ' s Elizabeth who brings them and we are all carried away by them. We are sure that Elizabeth will always be happy because she makes friends wherever she goes. Brockton. Mass. Civil Engineering Lester Joseph Ellis Campus Club; Rope Pull (2). Introducing another cake-eater from the “Tonic town. Over three years ago when this lanky youth embarked from the city of opportunity (? I and presented himself at the portals of our institution he was far from the finished product which we now behold in the guise of a Senior. It is a well-known fact that Joe has great ambitions to be a C. E.. and in the course of human events we haven ' t any doubt that it will be realized, but to encourage these ideals he has found it so often necessary to hit the trail that leads to the fair city to the south of us that he is now known as one of our most consistent down-the-liners.” Joe was a distinguished member of the far-famed S. A. T. C. and rose to the rank of corporal the next year, when he also received a ducking during the rope pull. At present his vocal powers are giving considerable aid to our hard working Clee Club whose star of renown and fame is now in the ascent. Joe has always steered clear of the fair enticers of Davis and South, and if he succeeds as a C. E. as well as he succeeded in avoiding the damsels across the way. then without any question his future as an engineer is assured. G Raymond Ellsworth Farnham. A X A Providence. R. 1. Fat Ray” Mechanical Engineering Class Baseball ( ) (2). Manager (I I ; Class Basketball (!) (2); Class Track (2); Football (2); Varsity Track Squad (2) (3); Ser- geant (I, i; Beacon Board ll I (2) (3) (4), Managing Editor (3). Contributing Editor (4 1 ; Glee Club (2) (3) (4 1 ; Dramatic Society (3) i 4 ; R. I. Club (3) (4), President R. I. Club (4); Crist Board 1 4). Such is the pedigree or College Tree of our venerable friend Fat. But this is not all. Ray is also one of the most prominent members of the fraternity which holds its meetings down-the-line whenever the chance offers itself, i. e.. whenever there are movies or a dance. “Fat is listed as an engineer, and stoutly maintains that to be one is his life ' s ambition, but his summer activities give us a far different picture of his future employment. You can ' t farm it during the summer. Ray. and then expect us to believe that stuff.