Williams College - Gulielmensian Yearbook (Williamstown, MA)

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26 WILLIAMS COLLEGE 1911 CLASS BOOK EDWARD LEONARD BACHER I Ed, Chief, Bach Edward Leonard Bacher, Gargoyle, Alpha Zeta Alpha, was born in Gilbertville, Mass., on November -14, 1889. His father, John W. Bacher, died -two years later. Eddie prepared 'for college at Ware High School, Ware, Mass. Eddie says he has contributed to the Record ad infinitumf' As he made the Board Sophomore year, and was elected Associ- ate Editor and Editor-in-Chief successively, no one can gainsay his statementf Under him as chief, the Record has been very successfully guided, in spite of various stormy episodes, among which was Dr. N ewton's speech before the Amherst game, 1910. Eddie has a quiet disposition which places him in an ideal posi- tion for an editor. He has been interested in all College activ- ities, but largely from an editorial standpoint. Theqpolicy of the Record has evidenced this, and his editorials have always been temperate, yet showing, without ee the shadow of a doubt, where his convictions lay. He has been fair-minded, always giving both sides of every question judicial inspection before hazarding an opinion, but when his mind was made up, he has stuck to his guns. In the curriculum he has distinguished himself. Fresh- man year he was awarded Class Honors, and he is now the pos- sessor of a Phi Beta Kappa key. The Class appreciated this to some degree by giving him votes for Brightest Man, Most Scholar- l ly Man, and Most Energetic ' Man. He was also elected Class Historian. Eddie intends to go 'into journalism, and if present l indications are any 'criterion of future merit, he should be most I successful in that line. I F uzfure Occupation: Jour- l nalism. 'Addressz 135' Main Street, Gilbertville, Mass.

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' WILLIAMS COLLEGE 1911 CLASS BOOK 25 JAY BERNARD ANGEVENE ' Angie, Ange, Venus jay Bernard Angevene, Gargoyle, Alpha Zeta Alpha, was born in Highland, N. Y., May 21, 1890, the eldest of four children. His father, Jay Ferris Angevene, died in 1906 at Cornwall, N. Y. Angie had a varied career at the Highland and Poughkeepsie High Schools, where he was captain or a member of almost every team. As Angie was unmarried his first year, and confined himself to captaining the Class debating team, he was not very well known to his Class or to the College. His second year, however, he played on the Class football team, ran on the Class relay and trackteams, and made a VV on the Varsity relay. Since then he has contin- ually gained new honors. His first two years' activity made him a Varsity Debater, and finally Manager of the Debating Teams. Another form of his endeavors is shown by his own statement that losing out in the 'Record Competition' was the most un- pleasant event of his College course , but a slight compensation in the form of an election to the Gul Board was given him the next year. The Good Government Club and some of its committees have shared his spare moments, along with several other organiza- tions. As Superintendent of the c Braytonville Sunday School Sen- . ior year, he has stamped himself as a man interested in the deeper things of life. And one could hardly see Ange without ap- preciating this. He is earnest in all he does, and yet not at all sober. His roommates claim ' he has brains, and others in the Class also think so, for he received twelve votes for the man from the ranks of 1911 most likely to succeed. We all had a chance to hear his impassion- ed oratory in debates, but few can say to what heights Angie rose as a Democratic stump speaker. At any rate, if that opportunity was denied us, we have had many and better ones to know the man himself, and those who have taken advantage of them know a genial, purpose- ful man. F uture Occupation: Undecided. Address: Cambridge, Mass. l

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WULLDUMS COLLEGE wl1CLAHSBOOK2 27 RALPH BOERNE BETTMAN 13ett Ralph Boerne Bettman was born in Chicago, Ill., on March 13, 1889. His father, Boerne Bettrnan, who was a physician, died in Chicago in 1906. Ralph prepared for Williams at the Chicago University School and the University High School. Bett evidently thought he was built for a runner. His persis- tent efforts in the cross-country runs and the two-mile brought him no reward, and so his Junior year he turned to the lighter exercise of chess. In odd moments he and Walter Shaw managed the Gul in a very capable way. Bett was too good for this world, that is, he was too bright, forhe graduated in three years. At present he is following his father's footsteps, in the Medical Department at johns Hopkins University. Ralph says he cannot remember working much up here, and that his chief amusements were skiing and snow-shoeing, with an occasional trip into the mountains. Ralph is rather good- natured, with a ready laugh but always an eye to the serious side. Future Occupation: Medicine. Address: 12-14 State Street, Chicago, Ill. A