Washington State University - Chinook Yearbook (Pullman, WA)

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SEDGWICK ADELBERT MATTHEWS. Mining Enginccritig . An Oregonian wcbfooi. Spent some time in the public schools at Xahcolta. Graduated as Prep in Washington State College. Mem¬ ber of Webstcrian Society; plays in band; love affairs (hadn’t gotten them counted by the lime the Annual went to press), believes all matters of affection should best be arranged through matrimonial papers; hobby, pugilism; immediate ambition, to graduate; remote am¬ bition, a rich widow. Objects to being called “Sleepy.” . Thesis: ' flic Reactions in the Roasting of Sulphide Ores. ELI L. LUDWIG. Civil Engineering. Born in Iowa. Graduated from Waitsburg Academy. Entered Washington Slate College as a Freshman in 1902. A loyal Websterian ; Y. M. C. A. delegate to Gearhart ; strong stu¬ dent ; chairman of W. S. C. Employment Bu¬ reau. Thesis: Testing of Commercial Cements and Economical Manufacture of Concrete. HUGH CLIFFORD TODD. Economic Science and History. A native of Washington. Short, dark, curly haired. Finished Davenport schools. Gradu¬ ated from Preparatory Department in 02. Captain in Cadet Corps: president Oratorical Association; president Washington Society; editor of 06 Chinook. Has won every prize offered by college in debate, oratory and decla¬ mation except the Lombard. Love affairs, 2(?) : ambition, politics: hobby, debating. Thesis: The Land Tenures of Whitman County.

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CLINTON BRIGGS STUHT. Geology. Long, hungry, musical. Claims Nebraska as his birthplace. Went to public schools in Omaha. Entered Washington State College as Senior Prep. Graduated. Member of Glee Club for years. Believes in getting married as soon as possible: likes, Boi(y)les; hobby, love songs. Thesis: Basaltic Outflow of the Lower Snake. ROBERT CRAMPTON McCROSKEY. Economic Science and History. Born in California. Moved to Garfield, where his teachers tried to give him some early training. Graduated from Prcpdom. Member of Glee Club. Love affairs (rough estimate). 32 (twice as many as May Belle’s), rejected 15 times; views on marriage, “I don’t give a rap, just so I get somebody to have me some time”; hobby, staying in bed in the morning; ambition, never to have to work. Thesis: Oliver Cromwell’s Struggle with Parliament. CHARLES J. C. WALDEN. Economic Science and History. Philosopher, sentimentalist. A great ad mircr of the fair sex. A native of Minnesota. Took the Business course. Graduated as a Prep. Plays in orchestra. Has made a spe¬ cial study of marriage vows and duties and contemplates matrimony. Thesis: The Divorce Problem. 17

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JESSIE ELLIOTT HAYS. JAMES LEROY HUNT. EUGENE R. ORMSBEE. Economic Science and History. Native state, Washington. Attended Waits- biirg Academy. No had habits except that of being too sentimental. lias had “scads of love affairs—not the visible kind, but silent adorations” which no one discovered while he was in the act. His bashfulness conquered his afflictions (affections) for the first few years, but now he has so changed that he even rivals the famed Lochinvar for boldness. He pre¬ tends not to believe in early marriage. His ambition, to live and let live: favorite exple¬ tive, “By Giggcrdv!” Thesis: Chinese Exclusion Laws. IQ Botany. “Bonnie, blythc and debonairc.” Born not long ago. Native state, Inno¬ cence. Early education was in Waitsburg Academy and in Olympia Public Schools. Graduated a Prep. Believes that all men ' s votes should be a result of woman’s influence; ambition, to be an old maid. Thesis: A Comparative Study of the Available Material in Washington for Ele¬ mentary Botany. Economic Science and History. Born in this state. Attended Colfax High School. A Prep graduate. Member of Wash¬ ington Society; delegate to Gearhart. Thesis: The Constitutional Convention of the State of Washington.