Fountain Valley School - Owl Yearbook (Colorado Springs, CO)

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In the winter term the looming of the mid-year exams somewhat sobered up everyone, and the dorm was once more in a state of tranquility. The in- terest in basketball and hockey helped to quiet things down. After Christ- mas the blaring of the jazz classics brought everyone to the realization that another Winnetkan was in their midst, and Chuck Fisk was found to be a staunch member of the class of '53, After spring vacation, the form once again returned to make its name famous in the annals of F.V.S. History. Sports once more dominated the scene, and the whole gang was to be found on the baseball diamond, the track, tennis courts, or on the Gym- khana field. Another sport was also gaining by leaps and bounds, and that was mountaineering, sponsored by Messrs. Glascock, Hughes, and Serv- ice. lt was not rare to see these three belaying each other off the various roofs. When commencement time rolled around, the class of '53 bade a fond farewell to Fountain Valley in high hopes of a successful summer and senior year to follow. ln the fall term of their last year, the class saw four new members in their midst, Aymon UCount deSales from New York Cityg his roommate from Milwaukee, Tom Kurthg and Fred Fung from Colorado Springs. Phil Rahm was also with us from the class of '52. At mid-term, another member joined the ranks, lim Donaldson, from Min- nesota, lt seemed as though the in- creased responsibility for the new Sixth Formers somewhat settled and matured them for the coming year.

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SIXTH FORM HISTORY In the fall of 19418, the first members of the Class of '53 found their way into life at Fountain Valley. The three original members were Bob Wood, Sheridan, Wyo.g Skip Hettinger, Col- orado Springs, Colo., and Iohn Dick, New York, N. Y. This trio lived in constant fear of the upper forms in First House. All managed to survive their first year to return to the Second Form. Christmas Vacation came early for a few of our members that year. The year also saw the addition of sev- eral new members: Mike Tibbett, Naples, Fla.: Sam Cooper, Omaha Neb.g Anthony Bonforte, Colorado Springs, Colo.: Bruce Howard, Den- ver, Colo.: Tom Irvine, St. Paul, Minn.: lim Iudson, Grosse Pointe. Mich,g and, half-way through the year, Dan Charlton, Denver, Colo. The class of '53 was growing, and was to become one of the largest forms in the school. The Third Form became the real year for the Class of '53, The ranks were filled with Bob Service, Colora- do Springs, Colo.: Tom Knorr, Wich- ita, Kan.g Wayne Uthe cowboy Mac- Veagh, Colorado Springs, Colo.g Gor- don Hughes, Sacramento, California: Charles Koch, Wichita, Kan.: Frank Kraus, Sacramento, Calif., and a few left-overs from the Class of '52 in the form of Ernie May, Cody, Wyo.: Pud Alderson, Birney, Mont.: and Bill Glascock, Los Angeles, Calif. Mac- Veagh brought more saddles to the school than there were horses: Wood redecorated his room, and slow-mov- ing Hughes kept up a small aviary. Also, above the usual noise came the hum of model airplanes under the guidance of pilot Hettinger and his crew. Thus we left our third year, In the fall of 1950 the overgrown class of '53 began to make headway by leaps and bounds with the addi- tion of Andy Anderson, Dallas, Tex.: Pete Nolan, Tacoma, Wash.: Dave Tittle, Winnetka, Ill.: lim Kerlin, Tul- sa, Ok1a.p Paul Reed, Colorado Springs, Colo., and Tom Pabst, New Iersey. Also from the great state of New York we found the first real Eastern Cowboy, I-Ienry Wise. In the fall of 1951 the class accepted into its fold six new members: Phil Cox from Des Moines: Tom Bohnen from Winnetka, Ill., Rah Moore and Pete Taylor from Denver: Bob Rahm from Grosse Pointe, Mich.: and Dan Worth from Albuquerque, N. Mex. Thankful at last to be rid of First House, The Fifth Form settled down in the West end of Penrose.

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With college or the draft looming in front of them. the class began to wor- ry about its academic standing. Still, they were full of Vitality, and man- aged to blow off most of their steam in athletics. Hamlet, geomorphology, and physics were all taken in stride, and the class became aware that there was more to shcool than they had realized. Under the guidance of Mr. Spock, the new dorm-master, and the Student Council, the Form bore its responsibilities well. But, even at that, there were a few meetings ofthe Form in the common room, and the shouts and pounding feet in the corridors re- vealed that life was not all-work-and- no-play. After the Christmas holidays, when the applications began to go out for college, many again sensed the gruesome meaning of mid-years and