Utah State University - Buzzer Yearbook (Logan, UT)

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ISAAC BLAIR EVANS, B. A., Instructor in History. Isaac Blair Evans, of Ogden, after his public school escapades, might have gone abroad, to Yale, to the dogs, or to Harvard. He chose the last evil, and tenderly nourished it. for four years. He hoped to get through the college unseen but was caught going through and had an A. B. (Amphibian Babbler)hung round his neck. His personal characteristics are marked—usually with his initials. He parts his hair on the right side, detests button shoes, prefers hopscotch to foot-ball, always gets out of bed on the right side, and puts his collar on before his tie. Some don’t. His favorite breakfast food is Etherealine and his drink—for breakfast—Kof-fee-et. He can do the “hundred” in seventeen flat, has never had a broken bone, and never wears suspenders. As to whether he is engaged, doesn't know. Is await-ing—letter—and as David Harum says, “he will stand without hitching and can be driven by ladies. ’ AMANDA HOLMGREN, B. S., Assistant Professor of English. Miss Holmgren, “just a plain school inarm,” says her life has been, thus far, uneventful. We can hardly see why when she has attended such schools as the U. A. C., U. of Chicago, Columbia and Harvard. Of course, to some women everything is commonplace—Easter bonnets, hair puffs and long sleeves—are all treated as either necessary evils or humdrum details. We, however, believe Miss Holmgren to have a heart, for she is very considerate of the new students and takes great pleasure in viewing their rapid progress. She is one of those who, having exceptionally fine sensibilities, derives her greatest joy from “doing for others,” and this service always takes the form of quiet unobtrusive action. We can scarcely imagine her as a cold critic, but rather as one who finds so many good things in life and literature that she has no time to worry over the discords. 25

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FRANKLIN LORENZO WEST, B. S., Professor of Physics. Frank L. West is a serious-minded, dignified, contemplative personage—young in years but evidently mature in wisdom. The wintar of 1904-5 was spent in Leland Stanford University, and the following year he accepted the position of Professor of Physics in the B. Y. U. of Provo. In the spring of 1906. Mr. West entered the U. of Chicago, where he remained four terms, during the last three of which he was engaged as Assistant Lecturer in Physics. He left Chicago in the fall of 1907 to accept the position of Assistant Professor of Chemistry at the U. A. C., his Alma Mater, and the following year was made Professor of Physics which position now he holds. Professor West is a gymnast enthusiast, and this, perhaps, is the reason for the violent exercise he takes twice a day when, at the sound of the bell, he rushes from his home at the bottom of the hill and, after a mad race, reaches the recitation room rosy and breathless. ROBERT STEWART, B. S., Professor of Chemistry. At a very young age, Mr. Stewart caused his parents some anxiety by his love for fire-arms. As the Indians were then peaceful, and as his tender heart would not permit him to kill small tame, he contented himself in school until he ad received his B. S. from the Utah Agricultural College in 1902. During the Spanish-Ameri-can war, however, his inward war-forces moved him violently, compelling him to enlist in the Utah Light Artillery. The Spaniards, knowing Professor Stewart was made for greater work than war, could not shoot him, so he came marching gallantly home. With the exception of one year spent in the University of Chicago, we have had the able efforts of Professor Stewart at the U. A. 0. At present, he is on leave of absence, studying at the University of Illnois, but will return to the U. A. C. in June. CLAYTON BYRON TEETZEL, LL. B., Professor of Physical Education. Mr. Teetzel, our new coach, is a graduate of the 1900 class of Ann Arbor. While there, he is said to have practiced base-ball foot-ball, basket-ball, high-ball, drill and pugilism vigorously; and, as a result, he now weighs three hundred fifty pounds by the dairy scales. After graduating, Mr. Teetzel coached the U. of M. for three summers and then accepted a position with the B. Y, U. of Provo. The excellent athletic work done by that school proves his efficiency. Last December, Mr. Teetzel came to help us. His grasp of the athletic situation was clearly shown in choosing young and promising material to whom we can safely predict physical as well as—moral—victory in the future. He now holds down the highest office in the institution—at the top of the main building. ( I 24

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N. ALVIN, PEDERSON, B. A., Assistant Professor of English. N. Alvin Pedersen, alias “The Buzzer Critic,’' alias “Uncle Alvin,”alias dramatic“Pctc’’ has had his nose into everything connected with the Buzzer. If there is anything in it that you don't like, it is his fault for allowing it. If there is anything good about the Buzzer, all credit is due to the juniors. If you like the Buzzer tell the Juniors; if you don't, tell Mr. Pederson who has oeen its chief fault-finder. We are not interested in Mr. Pedersen’s educational history. We judge, however, from his general carriage that he has one—other evidence is a v a liable. What we do appreciate is that he is a professional beekeeper of the genus Buzzer. Future juniors will do well to get a start from him. Here’s to the Buzzer! May it always please us With its quips and quirks, . its wings and breezes! ELIZABETH CHURCH SMITH, B. L.. Librarian . Miss Elizabeth Church Smith, Bachelor of the Library, is a woman of mature years and book-judgment. If you want to know who’s who, or anything about anything, or something about somebody, ask Miss Smith. Some of the subjects upon which Miss Smith stands as an authority are the enlargement of the navy, the proportional income tax, the tax on bachelors, uniform divorce laws, and the marriage contract. She can, further more, entertain you for hours on “The Social Chat as I have heard it.” EDWARD PARLEY PULLEY, B. S., Instructor in Mechanical Engineering. “Work and the world works with you. loaf and you're left behind.” The above, we judge, is Mr Pulley’s paraphrase of the well-known maxim. One seeing him oscillate between his home and the college would not believe him possessed of a sense of humor, but rather saturated with one idea which guides and propels him relentlessly without rest or diversion. This idea is embodied in the word “work. You never can tell, however. Many of his dry laconic remarks possess an irresistible humor. Prexy Mr. Pulley, do you remember when you were a boy?” Pulley “No sir. I’ve forgotten all my past life.’ 2G