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

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I A JARED PATTERSON Whenever a cool and discerning mind is needed, you should look for Jared. Frank to the last de- gree, he may be depended upon for a candid and valid characterization of the most carefully guarded personalities. Because of his consistent silence about himself few know that he could render whole arias from Gilbert and Sullivan, diagnose any mechanical detect, and come to the rescue ot a floundering math class. MARK BACGN Mark is a wonderful example at the old saying that still water runs deep, Sparing in the ex- pression ot his considered judgments, he is cere tain to couch them in perfect wit and Gallic drolerie, when the toibles ot humankind pro- voke his irony, ln perfect key with the quality which one instinctively associates with Mark are the conservatism of his car and his invariable Scotch cashmeres in the riches ol subdued tones, 'va'

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X X Ze 'uf WALLY DEDRICK The gentleman who kicked the years longest field goal in U.S. six-man football also has other qualifications to be noted in Preps Who's Who of '53: the cor that shows off to best advantage the value of customizing, Brutus, the dog that has appeared in more English themes and camp- us conversations than any other canine, and a stock of ballads that would land him a con- tract at the Turnabout. JOHN CLARK John knows howto keep his own counsel better than anyone in the Senior class With ease and polish he successfully resists the subtlest attempts to learn the details of his private life He is also respected for his Swiftian satire, his fastidious taste in fine writing, and ofcourse for his un- bounded hatred of the faculty, who accept the caustic wit and brilliance of his jabs in the same good humor that he gives them. ,Ms

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i JIM LUCAS Tenacious, indifferent to calculated exacerbation, and successful: all are phrases describing Jim, whether his pursuits be discovering a faculty member s outside income, procuring a house at Balboa, permanent membership in CSF., pub- lishing a Log of unique beauty and quality, or wanton destruction of proletarian traditions and preiudices. invariably sophisticated in critical iudgments, he despises Tschaikowsky, Grieg, and Liszt and makes you feel like a Philistine if you don't agree. MARK NEUMAN Marks discriminating taste fiom over-plaids in Argyles to the music of Shostakovich renders him little less than an oracle as an arbiter of cor- rectness. Nietzschean in philosophy, Mark com- mands respect for his iudgments of human val- ues all the way from participants in the Olympics at Helsinki to the foibles of his daily compan- ions in class, He is infallible in his recognition of quality and respects it wherever he finds it. mtl'