Virginia Military Institute - Bomb Yearbook (Lexington, VA)

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EXSER WILLIAM COLE Carxegie. Pa. Matriculated, ' 07; Private Co. C (4), (3); Private Co. -D (2). (1): Captain Class Foot- liall Team (2), (1); Member T. K. L. ; Marsha! I ' inal German. Wrinkle Cherry Chunk Dutch Where is he from ? This question can be answered by his looks, for he is a typical Pennsylvania Dutchman. He claims he would rather have a D, D. (?) after his name than five millions. As a third classman Wrinkle won his way to fame with a broomstick, but is now prominent as a mathematician of the Chemistry section, and as a class athlete. He aspires to be a street-car motorman, and to take up his work in Staunton. Cole has great military ideas, and in connection with Snake and John forms advance guards in Lexington, attacking minks and colored revivals. With all his faults Cherry is a good fellow, and he leaves us, taking the sincere wishes of ' 11 for early success in the Pennsylvania coal fields. He is short and round, and somewhat fat. THOMAS H. COLLIER, JR. Pine Bluff, Ark. Matriculated, ' 07; Private Co. D (4), (3); Co. F (2), (1); Marshal Final Ball; Marshal Final German ; T. K. L. Long Tom Thomas HI Parapet Collier ' Wild Goose Tall? Yes! Handsome? Even to the point of distraction. This is his candid opinion on the matter. The Postal Service is contemplating fur- nishing him with a special mail-pouch from Hollins, so enormous is his daily mail. He took Chemistry with the idea of discovering some other use of H-O than that of a chaser. He was given social position in the Nursery Circle under the generalship of Long, and the unex- pected happened, as it does in most cases. Now he says he doesn ' t believe in officiating at social functions. He showed his Spartan-like endurance of physical pain, wdien Major White dressed a slight flesh wound about a sixteenth of an inch long. Ladies ! take my advice and incline not your hearts unto him, as we can vouch for at least one instant in which he has been merciless with your charms. Love is like a blow-flv.

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Bortpr MURRAY FAWCETT BURLESON Smithville, Texas. Matriculated, ' 07; Private Co. C (4), (3); Co. B (2). (1): Marshal Final Ball; Marshal Final German; Bomb Staff. Burlv Gerard •Rabbit What is so rare as a day in June? — Burly, the young man with the most touchiest ribs in bar- racks. It is only necessary to point your finger at him and he will climb the nearest wall. He also has the honor of being President of the Flop-Eared Club. In fact Burly is noted for the enormous size of his side wheelers, which he always carries at full cock. At night they have to be tied down to keep from flopping his brains out. His highest ambition is to become a great writer, and, at times, when he is not slaving for Tommy, he may be seen at this favorite stunt. Whe-e-e. He is a most 1-e-a-r-n-e-d scribe. VAUGHAN CAMP Franklin, Va. Matriculated, ' 08; Private Co. A (3),; Private Co. B (2), (1) ; Private Co. D (1) ; Dramatic Club (2) ; Assistant Editor-in-Chief of Cadet (2); Editor-in-Chief Cadet (1); Editor of Bomb (1); President of the Kerlin Literary Society; Marshal Final Ball; Marshal Final German. •V ' Blondy Von This handsome, blonde lady-killer drifted in about the first of September, 1908, after having completed the job of painting Richmond a deep crimson, and leaving the hearts of most of its fair damsels smashed to smithereens. Notwith- standing his meteoric career at Richmond College this precious youth on his arrival here imme- diately avowed his intentions of getting a Jackson-Hope Medal, and of breaking all previous records for heart smashing. Since then he has labored assiduously at both objects. By dint of extra hard (?) boning it seems likely that his first object will be attained, and as for the second— he spends all of his time (when not boning) in writing huge epistles, tlieir destina- tions varying anywhere from Chicago to the Florida Keys, in an effort to soothe the wildly beating hearts which have fallen victims to his charms. Ah, let me close my eyes and dream — sweet, Fanciful, vagrant dreams of love. 25

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GEORGE R. COLLINS CiN ' cixxATi, Ohio. Matriculated, ' C7 ; Private Co. D (4) ; Corporal Co. D (3) ; Sergeant Co. F (2) ; First Lieutenant Co. F (1); Class Football Team (3), (2), (1); Cadet Staff: Vestryman E. P. C. Club, Editor-in-Chief Bomb; Marshal Final Ball; Marshal Final German. Jimmy Rand ' ll ' Dooley Dug out of the coal fields of West Virginia and moulded in the cement mills of Ohio, Jimmy was then transplanted in the fall of 1907 to the historic surroundings of V. M. L For three long years Jimmy faithfully attended every hop as a wall flower. This year, however, he became a full-fledged debutante at a first class hop, and ever since then has been a faith- ful follower of R.-M. W. C. Jimmy continually worries his roommates with miraculous tales of a certain cement mill in Ohio, and seriously considers the advisability of introducing cement tombstones in Lexington, as he has made a thorough study of them. We are expecting great things of Dooley in the future, and he leaves us this year with best wishes of old ' 11. ■Jov rises in me like a sunmier moon. ' HARRY GARLAND DASHIELL Smtthfield, Vx . Matriculated, ' 06; Private Co. D ; Corporal Co. A ; .Sergeant Co. E ; Lieutenant Co. A ; Marshal Final Ball : Marshal Final German ; Varsity Football Team (3), (2), (1); Captain Football Team (1) ; Member Athletic Board (1) ; Class Baseball Team ; Hard Boy. ■Hap ' Indian ' Meat Harrv Since that memorable night in the Jefferson Hotel in Richmond, on which he received his first introduction to that renowned statesman, Thos. Jefferson (statue), he has turned over a fresh Page, and has begun anew his career as a heart smasher. We ( Frank )ly admit that we have noticed but little change in his attitude to- ward the fair sex. Several months ago, after his return from a little soiree in Lexington, he let out all the State secrets (and other things), it is rumored that the midnight sentinel heard him deliver a beautiful elegy upon the (Ham) let of Smithfield, Va., and the fertile peanut fields in that vicinity, interspersed now and then with a few words of adoration for some of the girls of that community. Hap is a jolly good fellow, and may his success be as great as his appetite. 2»