Page 60 - YB1896

In this record there must necessarily be an incompleteness, ill that the ag-es of the young ladies of the class in most cases will not be This for several reasons: (I) Because the historian has not been as associated , with them as with the other of the class; and (2), resulting fr0111 the first, because he has not their ages; and (3) because he has felt some deli- cacy in questioning them on this matter. Before closing this preface, we wish to thank some of the young ladies, who have kindly collected certain data, with- out which our history would have been much more incomplete than it is. The first on the 'roll of '96 is Charles Clarence Billingslea, a native of West- minster, born about [878. At that time \Vestminster was almost as large as it is no IV, but not so with Clarence. Had Westminster grown as fast as he, it would now be one of the metropolises of the United States, From what we can learn, he was just like other boys of equal age, only larger. When quite yOl1ng he acquired the nick-name of "Doc," because, presumably, his father is a doctor. This title has dung to him ever and has caused no end of trouble between" Doc" Billingslea and another called" Doc." During his boyhood he commanded respect fro III his associates; they had to respect him, as they knew his and although never over- bearing, he would lise it when occasion called After going throllgh all the intricacies of the Primary and Preparatory Departments of Western Mary- land, in the fall of '<)2 he blossomed out as a member of the Freshman Class of '96. His college life has been comparatively smooth, with the exception of some difficulties experienced with Book-keeping and Lucian in his Sopho- mor-e year. "Doc's" greatest talent is for vocal music. It is very seldom that he but when he does, he is worth hear-ing. Hering Hall is his usual stage, classmates his usual audience; the wav he makes the corridors of this building reverberate, and how rhe hanlloni;us notes of his resonant voice echo and re-echo from wall to wall, is truly awe-inspiring. His favorite tunc is "My Harne is Where the Heather Blooms." Besides this magnificent voice, he has another characteristic, which must not, and indeed cannot, be passed over without notice. He wears No'. I [ shoes. The next representative, John Hobert Bosley, is from Baltimore, born the latter part of)6. When old enough he was sent to a school, and having grndnated from this. was sent to another private His record at these institutions was remarkable. His general average, from his OWIl account, was never less than 10. because the teachers sat behind large desks and the pupils,