Worcester Polytechnic Institute - Peddler Yearbook (Worcester, MA)

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OtStograp tcaf’ Qto s. “ To Hold, as ’t were, the Mirror up to Nature.” CHESTER BIDWELL ALBREE. “ He is given to sports , to wildness , and much company .” “ Clies ” is our artistic editor. Quiet and inoffensive. Plays bil¬ liards and smokes. Was judge at Chanvenet’s trial. Best high kick record in the institute. JOSEPH ALBREE, JR. “ Full of regard and honor . ' 1 ' 1 Joe was on the ball team as a prep. Was always in everything that was in progress. During his middle year he was scorer for the ball team. On the 2d of August, 1883, he died after a short illness of typhoid fever, in his 21st year. ROSCOE HILTON ALDRICH. “ I doubt not of your wisdom .” “ Rossy,” a ball player from away back in the “prep.” year. He has taken several prizes in athletics and was vice-president of the class in the Spring of ’84. LOUIS ALBION ALEXANDER. “ His life was gentle . ' 1 ' 1 Entered in September; known as “one of those fellows in our class who has a mustache.” He did not come up to the scratch on the first Semi-Annual and left for a new vicinity. ARTHUR HOLLEY ALLEN. “ See these letters delivered .” Entered in September as a mechanical engineer. Member of the chapel choir and attends to the mail. JOAS VIERA BARZELLOS. “ You have done that you should be sorry for .” Also had a mustache. Was a Brazilian and suffered from the sever¬ ity of our climate (?). His fate, as the faculty records laconically state, was : “ Left; scared by hard work.” 27

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WILLIAM FREDERICK BROOKS. “ Yet I have not seen so likely an ambassador of love! “ Brooksy ” is the class beauty upon whom all the girls are mashed. He plays on the nine, has captured several first prizes in running, and has held various class offices, and is, at present writing, president of the class. WILLIAM CHENEY BROWN. “ Thou art a fellow of good respect .” Entered as a ' “ prep.” In the Junior year he took first position and was obliged to leave for a year on account of bad health. He is now in ’85. WALDO CALVIN BRYANT. “ Tilt upon my brows this wreath of victory .” Holds a fair place in the class. What he don’t know and can’t tell about shop practice is not worth knowing, in his opinion. FREDERICK LINCOLN CHANDLER. “ Lord , how art thou changed .” Entered in September as a Junior, and graduated at the first Semi- Annual for “obviously good reasons.” JAMES HENRY CHURCHILL. “ You must take your chanceT “Jimmy; ” he is an ardent chemist and Democrat who always stands up for Ben Butler. He has held class offices and possesses a rather mercurial temper. SAMUEL BACON COIT. “ Thoit hast no figures nor no fantasies , Which busy care draws in the brains of menT This man is especially famous as having made the lowest mark on record on the first Semi-Annual. Unfortunately this bright and shin¬ ing light went out after six months’ illumination. GEORGE HARWOOD CUSHING. “ No man here but honors youT “Cush” has been prominent as a ball player since his entry in February, 1881. He has been president of the class several times and is a member of the “ first six.” During the last two years he has supplied the students with all the requisites necessary to acquire a scientific education, (except brains.) 28