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trips, doing less g"enuine work and more bluffing, the 1110St cramming lor exams, and carrying largest supply of jokes than any other member of the class. But two things Harry is exceptionally fond of-the violin and the girls. If these are in sight Harry loses his "doggedlack of energy," his eye flashes, face brightens, and his whole aspect assumes a new tone, Hull is an :lttracti\'e)ort of a fellow; he is a good thinker, and being blessed with a fine voice can make an eloquent speech: and often has the society hall echoed to the sound or his spicy debates. GWEO:'; IHELANo i-luMPI-IR£VS, . Cove Point, Md. w. L. S.; President of \Y. L.S., '02; Class Historian; Luter, Collegiate Orator, '02; Webster Orator, '01; Editor- in-Chief of ALOIIA, '02; Ed.cin-Chicf of JJont.h!_l", '01; Webster Anniversaria», '02; Sec. Y i\J. C. A., '00; Treasurer ofY.;\\. C. A., '99. "Down in the lower part of Calver-t county. where the placid Patuxent pours its crystal waters into the broad bosom of the blue Chesapeake, lies a large and fertile farm destined in tu tu re years to become famous. For here was born, some tweu tv years ago, Gideon lrcland Humphreys, the silver-tongued orator of 1902. Xaturc, when she contemplates the pl'O- duetion of a genius usually manages that he shall be b01'11 into an environ- ment adapted to his growth and development. QUI' friend Humphreys passed his early lite amid surroundings admirably suited to the evolution of the resthetic temperament and lofty cast of mind so essential to the true orator. Calvert county is one of the most charming par-ts of Southern Mary- land, remar-kable hath for its natural beauty H11d the bucolic simplicity of its inhabitants. Reared ill such an atmosphere it is not surprising that Humphreys came to us in the fall of '97 with a countenance whose ingeni- ousness 11\'e years of college life have not been able entirely to obliterate. Neither- is it surprising that such a youth has developed into an orator of great renown. In the sub-Freshman vear he stood at the head of his class in scholar. ship ami has ever since been among the leaders; but it is upon his ability as a speaker that his reputation rests. In June, 1901, ably assisted by his colleague. Robinson, he \\'011 the Inter-Society Contest for Webster. ln xfarch, 1902, he received the highest honors that can come to a W. i\l. C. orator, the honor of representing the Writteul,yad:lSSllutle. 42