William I. Zabriskie, Class of 1917

“A friend to everybody is a friend to nobody”

- Entered Trinity 1906

- Science Football Squad '14, '15

- Basketball Team, '13, '14, '15, '16, '17

- Baseball Team, '15, '16, '17

- Dramatic Society, '14, '15, '16

- Junior and Senior Dance Committee, '16, '17

- Art Editor of Orange and Blue yearbook

- Acta Diurna Board, Athletic Editor

- Grammar School Basketball, '12

- Midget Basketball, '13, '14, '15

- Phi Delta Sigma - Princeton University, '21

- Navy Liutenant Commander, US Navy WWII

W. I. Zabriskie standing at right in this Orange and Blue staff portrait.

Orange and Blue yearbook staff, 1916

This article tells of how W. I. Zabriskie and classmates Warren Ackerman and Reg Roland raised enough money to buy the Navy a submarine chaser. The 17 year-olds dreamt that if they could provide the Navy with the vessel, they would be permitted to enter service before they were of age.

Excerpt from Acta Diurna, Vol. 25, No. 2

The Zabriskie brothers are both pictured in this 1916 Tennis team portrait. The elder Zabriskie is seated on the left, the younger on the right.

Tennis Team, 1916

In this Dramatic Society production, W. I. Zabriskie played the role of Miss. Worburton

Cast of "The Man on the Box," 1916

Program from "The Man on the Box." Cast included W. I. Zabriskie, Budd, and Brooks. G. A. Zabriskie's signature is visible on p.2 along side the Class of 1916.