Flintridge Prep School - Log Yearbook (La Canada Flintridge, CA)

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DONALD BAXTER Circulation Manager of the Hoi Polloi Basketball Letterman for Three Years Baseball Squad A throbbing motor, a nifty ' crate ' , and a hearty Peel ' em Baxter! , and another school day begins for Donald Baxter. He tears off his crash helmet with reckless abandon, and jauntily enters the classroom. Immediately, however, his thoughts swing around to studies. His goal is U.S.C. and he must study if he hopes to make it. At lunch we see him again. This time he is approaching a group of boys engaged in feverish argument about the relative merits of their respective chariots. All speech stops when the master appears, and the youths gravely fall to their knees to salaam. He accepts their obeisance with due gravity and immediately swings into his own version of a current ' Confucius say . . . ' His admiration knows no bounds for such outspoken men as Shelley, and a satisfied grin of profound agree- ment wrinkles his face as he reads their theories. Ever an individualist, Don once tried to set a new fad in basketball pants; however, his idea was greeted with derision when he tried it out. The boys deemed them functional, but totally lacking in warmth. 27

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THOMAS MELIN Editor-in-Chief of the Hoi Polloi C. S. F. member Czar of the Tumblers Thomas Melin, practically three years at Flintridge, has gained a reputation for being a gourmet. At least this pertains to desserts, for which he shows a profound partiality. Tom also shows a partiality toward resting his pedal extremities while he parades up and down on his hands. Besides carrying the torch for a fine physique, Tom is quite a fashion plate, often dazzling his fellow pupils with his multi-colored wardrobe. Stanford is Tom ' s collegiate destination where he plans to major in electrical engineering. He has been the recipient of the C. S. F. novitiate pin which all hope will prove to be an indication of his college scholarship. If the engineering business turns dull, though, Tom can turn to his true love, the sea. Every year he goes to Balboa where he can sail and think up more queer say- ings to spring on his friends the next semester. ■•- gi 26

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DONALD BULLOCK Member of the Hoi Polloi Staff Junior Baseball Manager President of the Flintridge Radio Club Senior Manager Swimming Team The first day Don Bullock came to Flintridge, the instructor who asked him his birthplace had to caution him about impertinance when he received his answer. China, said the redoubtable Bullock, and he was right. (hHowever, Don does not use beads in his capacity as manager of the school store.) Lissner looks forward to the day when Don will go to the University of Cali- fornia, and then he will be free from Don ' s inquisition. Just to substantiate Lissner ' s claim about Don ' s bullying, we submit the fact that he was called for roughing up a Junior in the annual Junior-Senior basketball game. Just a big bully, that ' s all! Don shines in engineering, and his dearest ambi- tion is to be a radio engineer. While studying for this end at Cal., Don hopes to become coxswain of the varsity crew. 28