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EZRA BAXTER WILLIAMS "Ez" IT A A ~ History and Political Sicence o BUCHANNON, "VEST VIRGIN'IA D o Buchannan. High School Irving Literary Society; Black and White Club, Vice-Alpha, '26; Varsity Football, '22, '23, '24, '25; Captain Football, '25; Varsity Basketball, '23, '24, '25, '26, Captain, '25; Class Soccer, '25; Captain R. O. T. c., Lion Tamers Club; Varsity Baseball Squad, '23; Class Baseball, '24; Best All-Around Athlete, '25; Advisory Council, '23. When. you can't remove an obstacle, plow around it. OUR years ago a tall. handsome boy from the mountain country of West Virginia arrived at football training camp. This young man immediately won fame for himself by making a varsity letter-in foot- ball and basket-ball during his freshman year. During that first year "Ez " established his position as one of the outstanding leaders of the campus. Since that time he has widened his scope of activities to include many of the biggest things all the hill. During his Junior Year "Ez" was captain of the Basket-ball team and was awarded the Alexander Medal, given to the best all around athlete. In his Senior year he received the highest honor an athlete can get, tile captainship of the" Terror" eleven. Athletics, however, was not the only field that" Ez" has excelled in; he was second in command of the R. O. T. C. Battalion, Vice-President of his club, and a hard working student. He is an earnest worker in any activity that he engages in and a true and loyal friend at all times. 'INc will hear from" Ez" later in life, for he is a na tu ral leader of men.