Worcester Polytechnic Institute - Peddler Yearbook (Worcester, MA)

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Joseph Thompson Butterfield (Electrical) 0. X. Joe happened along at Walpole, N. H., about Aug. 16, 1884. He spent two years at Vermont Academy before favoring Tech with his presence. Joe has been a pillar of the basket¬ ball team for three years, and has also been athletic director. He is a devout admirer of all that is good and beautiful in womankind, to whom his manly beauty is irresistible, even though he didn’t have on a “biled shirt” at the sophomore banquet. He will doubtless come out all right if he “only uses his common sense.” Robert Downing Center (Mechanical). 0. X. Bob began to chew the rag in Washington, D. C., on Aug. 17, 1880. He came to Tech from the High School there, and entered with 1903, but decided that a later class would be more congenial. Co nsequently, after two and one- half years in a draughting-room, he joined the ’07 Mechanics, who, since then, have had the benefit of his more or less complimentary and entertaining remarks. While at Tech he has been Secretary of the Mechanical Engineering Society, 1905-1906, and a member of the Junior Prom. Committee. He expects to return to Pennsylvania, where “white men live,” and have things made to order. Albert Percy Chapman (Electrical). Chappie first saw the light of day Feb. 5, 1883, in Spring- field, Mass. He prepped for Tech at the Central High School there. Shorty’s mammoth intellect won him a place on the Advisory Committee of ’07, and the presidency of the A. I. E. E. During his first three years he generally spent his spare time in the library, but this last year he seems to be roaming elsewhere. Chappie expects to follow either electrical railway construction or power development. Joseph Francis Cullen (Chemical). Joe was born Jan. 24, 1885, in Worcester; he prepped at the English High School, and entered Tech in ’03. Joe is a steady smoker, and does credit to his profession in this respect at least. The habit has done him little harm, if one may judge by his appearance; whether he attributes his good health to his intimacy with the weed, or to his abstinence from study, is not definitely known, but he holds the Tech record for silver hairs; but that’s nothing, there are lots of men in the class who haven’t even got them. Joe played fullback on the class team. 13

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George Herbert Bigelow (Mechanical). “Big” was born in Worcester on March 3, 1884. He grad¬ uated from the Waukegan High School, and took a year of post-graduate work at the Worcester English High School. He entered Tech in ’03, and hopes to leave in ’07, no sooner, no later (for some of us do leave before the rest of the class). It is rumored that George Herbert tried to apply a slide rule in counting the hairs of a moustache, laboriously cultivated in the summer of ’06. He intends to follow up Teddy’s “nu sistum” of spelling. Eustis Bosson (Electrical) $. r. A. Eustis aided the general confusion in Chelsea on Feb. 8, 1884. He made preparation for his fate at Reading High School, and later at Worcester Academy. Bosson has the unparalleled honor of having served his grateful class for four years in the same capacity, namely, as Class Treasurer. As a result, he is fully versed in the ways of high finance. Frederic Streeter Brown (Electrical). Brown first saw the light of day in Lenox on Feb. 9, 1886. In this metropolis he spent the early years of his life getting ready for the later j r ears, i. e., Tech, and its consequences. “F. S.” was a little angel when he first arrived, but developed encouragingly into a card-sharp and champion cussologist. He is a shark, without a doubt, and devours everything that comes his way in his own maidenly fashion. Alvin Bradley Burgess (Mechanical) 2. A. E. “Brad.” put forth his first holler on April 11, 1885, in Worces¬ ter. He prepped at the Worcester High School, and entered Tech in 1902. After a year of hard work he was taken sick and was obliged to remain out a year. The experience proved so disagreeable that he has done no work since. He passes his leisure time at the “Sig” house, that is, until about 5.30. Then he may be seen to be dreamily walking down the street, evidently watching for some “ladye faire.” He prom¬ ises to be quite a family man. 12

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George Francis Doran (Chemical). George began work on May 28, 1885, but stopped soon after. He was born in Worcester, and graduated from the Classical High School in ’03. “Red” has been quite promin ent in base¬ ball, having made a long stop in the position of shortstop on both ' Varsity and class teams. “Red” was a chemist for three and one-half years before he began to smoke, and now he has a T. D. that would just about fit a doll. George finds his baseball practice useful in the laboratory when he wishes to make a good shot with a wet sponge. Louis Richard Dwyer (Chemical). “Cozy” sang his first song June 28, 1883, in Bradford, Mass. He prepped at Haverhill, and later at Phillips-Andover. He entered Dartmouth in 1902, taking the general science course, but left for Tech at the end of his junior year. “Cozy” immediately came out with the baseball team, on which he did good work as pitcher. There really seems to be good reason for his following up baseball, as it proves to be a very economical source of flannel shirts. As for dances, why, there isn’t a good spieler in the city that the ex-Dart¬ mouth doesn’t know, and he was never known to come to Tech without at least one new song. William George Eckert (Chemical). Bill, or Wiggie (soft g, please), added one to the population of Boston Dec. 26, 1884. He prepped for Tech at the Tech¬ nical High School in Springfield, and Nazareth Hall, a mili¬ tary school in Pennsylvania. When asked about what he had done at Tech, Bill said he had played a little tennis, and was sparring-partner for Kinny, but his specialties are “Polly Si” and argumentation. Bill comes up to Tech quite often sometimes, and not at all the rest of the time. Bill shares his spare time between shaving and cultivating his tenor voice. 14