Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 132, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 June 1913 — JAMES E. BRENNER GRADUATES FRIDAY [ARTICLE]

JAMES E. BRENNER GRADUATES FRIDAY

Rensselaer Boy Will Graduate With High Honors From U. S. Naval Academy at Annapolis.

James Emmet Brenner, of Rensselaer, who has been United States Naval Academy at Annapolis, Md., the past four years, will graduate on Friday of this Week with high honors. After his graduation he will rank as an ensign in the navy, that being a corresponding rank to second lieutenant in the army,-and carrying a salary of $1,900 the first yeair, and an increase thereafter. His rating is such that he will practically have his choice of where he will serve and it is probable that he will select the Pacific coast. He may get home on a brief leave of absence after his graduation. His mother, Mrs. Carrie Brenner, is there and will remain until after he graduates. “Jim” is a self-made boy, and his friends here are pleased to hear of him “making good.” A copy of ‘The Lucky Bag,” the 1913 year-book of the academy, has reached The Republican. It is a 350-page book devoted to illustrations and write-ups of the academy. It has the following to say of Mr. Brenner;

“Here he comes, fellows—the first mate of the Tuscorora, in all his jovial dignity—the bunch is never together without our James. Ever since Younster Year, when his much-befloved Blanche collided with the English Dept., and departed Academy life, Soph has been inconsolable. It is only on the punctual arrival each Wednesday of that twelve-page packet from her—way out in Indiana—or when playing jokes on T. Shine, that Sophie forgets his sorrow. But pipe all hands for a rough house, and you’ll find him there. The reddest of Red Mikes looks pink beside Brenner—the hops are known to him o'nly by name, and his social duties are utterly neglected. ‘Sophie thinks that army life may suit him better, and likes to tell how he became a lieutenant in the National Guard, and developed that brace of his. He is proud of his class standing, being one of the few who realize that an earnest, hard worker is better off than a loafing savoir. A man of sterling integrity and steadfast purpose, Sophie is of the kind that make good.” •<