Wake Forest University - Howler Yearbook (Winston Salem, NC)

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OSCAR CREECH. B.A.. JOHXSTON COVXTY. X. C. Hanging and tciving goes hy destiny. She is mine own. Assistant Director in Gymnasium. ' 06- ' 07: Married Life. ' OT- ' OS; Star Member of Senior Basketball Team. S. Creech. strong in character, modest in behavior, reserved in manners, faithful to his friends, shows himself to be a good, hard-working student. In his third .vear he holds out his hand for his degree. Only good things can be said of him. In the moral world he occupies the place of a true layman. During his last year, some unknown ( ?) force seems to have drawn him from the companionship of the boys. He offers his energ - to fight the illiteracy of the State. He is destined to become one of those old-time, seedy school teachers. A. W. DUXN. B.A.. SCOTL. Xi) XECK. X. C. Lets teacli ourselves that honorable stop. •Xot to out-sport discretion. ' Corresponding Secretary of the T. M. C. A., ' Oe- ' Oi: Associate Editor Howler. ' 06- ' 07: Class Orator. Ashby bears the distinction of being the youngest man of his class. He is also one of the handsome men of the class, and enjoys a wide reputation in social circles. As class orator he will even rival the eloquence of Cicero, or Webster, or some one else at commencement, and do honor not only to himself but to the class which he represents. He will at no dis- tant day become an able member of the Scotland Neck Bar.

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OVERTON WILSON CLAYTON. LL.B.. A civil habit oft cuvers a good (:i mnn. Associate ' Judge of Moot Court. ' iis. The first thing we do. let ' s Ijill all the Lawyers. Gig comes from the Occident, and after two years demands his degree, and also License to practice his necessary attorney talent in the Commonwealth. His argument I? I. coupled with one of his long- drawn, bewitching smiles, will win any jjry to his feigned opinion. He has been an important character in the Moot Court. You can hear liim farther than jou can see him. His appetite is unruly at all times. When he came he possessed the one usual charac- teristic of a Freshman. It is surmised that he will become a great Lawyer. V. F. COUCH. B.S., .IENXI. ;S. X. c. A siirtjcon must Tiarc an ecgles eye. a lion ' s heart and a lady ' s hand. Baseball Team. ' OS- ' OS: Captain Basket-ball Team. ' IIG- ' IIS; Honor Committee. ' Oe- ' O?; Manager Baseball Team, ' nS; Assistant in Chemistry, ' 08; Historian Se- nior Class; Vice-President Medical Class. ' OS. Vander is one of the popular men of his class. He has always taken an active interest in athletics; and in the history nf the college his name will ever be associated with basketball. His portentous counte- iiance bespeaks a man of sound mind and body. He thinks he was made for a doctor, and with that end in view he will continue the study of medicine. Some day he expects to roll up a great fortune with pills and quinine.

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ELLIOT B. EARNSHAW, M.A., RAI.EICH. N. C. No two on earth ran ngree : all have some darUng singiilaritj . This man is notoiious for his original ideas in Biirsarology. He took the B.A. degree with the class ' 06. Since that time he has remained in the college as Bursar. He has completely revolutionized the whole system and had his office provided with a new set of furniture — roclting-chairs, etc. At present we ent ertain no hope of his ever resigning his present position. OVID CLEMMONS FOOTE. B.A.. I ' lI.KES Cdl ' NTV, ■■Belter to Inn Than fee the rielrix for health ' II ho light, draught: Second Marshal Anniversary. ' (16: Senior Speaker; ■Vice-President of Junior Class: Librarian, ' 05- ' 07. Feet claims that he is studying medicine for the sake of humanity I for he is a human). As a Fresh- man he was timid. As a Sophomore he was at his post of duty. Since that time he has served the college in the capacity of Hot Air Plant. He is a good student and is devoted to his life work. Being college property, he takes a ,g;ood many privi- leges. As a typical physician he will gain a reputa- tion by exchanging his Cathartic Mixtures for the grunts and groans of the rustics. Throughout the land his name will be lisped by the little children. 24