The record of the class of 1918 . 82 918 CLASS RECORD 918 NEIL GILMOUR Neil Eleven oclock and alls well. Silence in Center Barclay except for the Banjokesters, the piano on the third floor,Weston singing fugues from all the operas, and the rattle of chips in the Y. M. C. A. A huge figure looms through the gloom, saying, Do you think that Jones is hittingas well as Smith did in 1908? Yes, your first guess is correct. It is Neil, returning from Honor Math. Neil is oneof these brain boys you read about, for he not only uses his head in study but in hisathletics also. As a result he was one of the
The record of the class of 1918 . 82 918 CLASS RECORD 918 NEIL GILMOUR Neil Eleven oclock and alls well. Silence in Center Barclay except for the Banjokesters, the piano on the third floor,Weston singing fugues from all the operas, and the rattle of chips in the Y. M. C. A. A huge figure looms through the gloom, saying, Do you think that Jones is hittingas well as Smith did in 1908? Yes, your first guess is correct. It is Neil, returning from Honor Math. Neil is oneof these brain boys you read about, for he not only uses his head in study but in hisathletics also. As a result he was one of the best tackles ever seen on Walton Field (weknow that he is the best, but lets keep on good terms with the alumni). His playing is atriumph of mind over matter; why, they even say that the sport at Camp Meade these daysis to creep up behind Brewer, say Gilmour, and watch him But woe betide the innocent person who mentions statistics, figures or any comparativescoring, for Neils brain has stored away every date, score and person who figures in history,sporting or otherwise, from the first navy game, when Noah was smothered by superiorweight, until—but this is a painful topic. We remember with pride how the one and onlyA. Cornog stumbled and fell over such a simple little thing as naming for Neil the quarter-back of Cornell in 1910 and, although we did not win the Swarthmore game, Emerson isright; there is a Law of Compensation. It is a great thing to have a fellow like Neil in the class. It means all sorts of classchampionships and prizes, but more than this it means that there is some one who will befamous and president of seme huge corporation and frcm whom you can borrow money. 83 918 HAVERFORD 918 WILLIAM HOOVER HARDING Deac Deac was unquestionably the host of the class. Freshman year he was considerablyhandicapped by his first wife, Jack LeClercq, w
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