Yale University - Sheffield Scientific School Yearbook (New Haven, CT)

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BIOGRAPHIES OF GRADUATES 85 out for baseball and football, and played on the Freshman Foot- ball and Baseball squads, also Class Baseball. He has taken an active part in social Work, having participated in the industrial Work of the Sheff Y. M. C. A., in both Freshman and Senior years. Independence Club. Kopper Kettle Klub. Yale Bat- tery. He entered With the Class of 1915 S. Freshman year he roomed with Dune Dayton, at 110 Wall Street, Junior year With Berny Rogers, Bill Anderson and Chunk Canfield, at 120 College Street, Senior year with Bill Anderson, at 120 College Street, and 1915-16 with Johnny Brown, at 120 College Street. Conrad took the Select Course, and is undecided Whether to go into the cattle business, or manufacturing. His address is Wayne, Pa. AHRl L5 2,1 y . it - 0 T - 7,0 X lg llllllv W- 5? I-. are .,,. Z xW?- JOHN IRVING CONROY Fat was born in Brooklyn, N. Y., August 26, 1894. His father, John Joseph Conroy, was born November 11, 1865, and died July 23, 1915, in Brooklyn, N. Y. He Was a merchant. His I'1Tl0tl1G1'7S maiden name Was Anna Meeham. Ramon Conroy, 1913 S., is a brother and there are two others. Fat prepared for Sheff at the Boys' High School, Brooklyn, N. Y. Ile played on the Freshman Football Team, was first

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84 HISTORY OF 1916 S. BENJAMIN PAXTON COLLINGS Ben Was born August 17, 1893, in Washington, D. C., the son of Dr. H. P. Collings of Hot Springs, Ark. He prepared at Phillips Academy, Exeter, N. H., and is a member of the Yale Exeter Club and Sigma Xi. General two-year honors. He was With the Class of '15 S. during Freshman year, and roomed at 156 Grove Street. He joined our Class after a year's absence from college. Junior year he lived at 156 Grove Street, and Senior year at 135 Van Sheff. Collings took the Mechanical Engineering Course. His per- manent address is Hot Springs, Ark. x 'A 0 5 7 Y, 4 ' ff' .W Lx XA, iffy nur' CHARLES CONRAD Charlie Was born in Wayne, Pa., February 29, 1892. His father, Pearson Serill Conrad, was born in Philadelphia, Pa., July 21, 1856, and is a member of the firm of W. B. Conrad Sz Company, of Philadelphia. His mother's maiden name Was May Stretch, and she lived in Philadelphia. There are two sons and two daughters. . Charlie prepared at the Haverford School, Haverford, Pa., and is vice president of the Haverford School Club. He Went

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86 HISTORY OF 1916 S. string guard on the Varsity Team during the season of 1914, and has a HY. He entered with the Class of 1915 S., and is taking the four-year course. Freshman year he roomed with R. G. Lyon and L. B. Daniels, at 117 VVall Street, Junior year with Lyon and A. T. Bates, at 101 Van Sheff, Senior year with Bates and A. D. Moore, at 149 Van Sheff, and in 1915-16 with Oscar L. DeLano, at 391 Temple Street. C Conroy has taken the Mechanical Engineering Course, and will go into manufacturing. He may be addressed at 908 St. Mark 7s Avenue, Brooklyn, N. Y. 1 070+-N. S' V 5 .ff 1' is-fm . in LAWRENCE SHANNON Cook Cookie Was born in St. Louis, Mo., February 19, 1894. His father, Thomas John Cook, was born in St. Louis, Mo., November 10, 1868, and has spent his life in the middle West, Where he is general freight agent for the Toledo Sz Ohio Central Railroad Company. His mother, Whose name was Mary Benedict Shan- non, lived in St. Louis before her marriage 5 there are two sons in the family. b Cookie prepared for Sheff at the Western Military Academy, at Alton, Ill., and spent one year at Georgetown University,