The record of the class of 1914 . embodiment of classic restraint;Eddie Rice lias claimed—but there. Eddie is prejudiced. To nnst of us he issimply Doug. and to understand, the Sphinx would be an easy task in compari-son to the riddle offered by the erstwhile editor of the Hiwcrfordiaii. Thereis that about him that is illusive, distant, langerous; touched witli a faint sug-gestion of Swinburne and haunted by the ghost of Dowson In the full pres-ence of us all he was hailed as one of the class geniuses, and not a voice saidhim nay. He has a pretty knack in phrasing and some of his silences are
The record of the class of 1914 . embodiment of classic restraint;Eddie Rice lias claimed—but there. Eddie is prejudiced. To nnst of us he issimply Doug. and to understand, the Sphinx would be an easy task in compari-son to the riddle offered by the erstwhile editor of the Hiwcrfordiaii. Thereis that about him that is illusive, distant, langerous; touched witli a faint sug-gestion of Swinburne and haunted by the ghost of Dowson In the full pres-ence of us all he was hailed as one of the class geniuses, and not a voice saidhim nay. He has a pretty knack in phrasing and some of his silences are preg-nant. Yet with it all, beneath a surface of epigram and William James, therebeats a heart, although he would not have it known. He is a nature too humanin its essentials for the mere precieuse. and he has made some firm has done much already, but he will do more hereafter, and whatever heshall put his hands to it will be done well and conscientiously. And so with thisassurance. Hail Douglas—and farewell. 106. WILLIAM HENRY BACON WHITALL —BILL- AII types of society liave ever taken joy in their aristocracy—hence uurpriile in William; an aristocrat of the first water, reserved, refined, the onlyoriginal glacial epicure. His tact and forebearance have won him a distinctplace amongst us, while his negative virtues, which are many, have gatheredrose huds for him even from our lamented Martha. of a blush thatis as notorious as it is deceptive, he is at once a lure to the fair and a blind tothe vengeful. .\ ready raconteur, his stories of high life have won for liiuimore praise than his attempts upon the oaten fife, but it is upnn bis reputationlor having esca])ed more collegiate inconveniences than the rest of us that bisfame chiefly rests. Too human to delight in needless toil, too honest to pre-tend that he does, we can but wish him the realization of the philosojihy whichbe has evolved to justify his ways. We know no greater blessing. 107
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