The record of the class of 1914 . lai. DOUGLAS WAPLES ?DOUG- Freelnirg has characterized him as the 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 na
The record of the class of 1914 . lai. DOUGLAS WAPLES ?DOUG- Freelnirg has characterized him as the 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 conscientious
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