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

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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

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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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started to plug conscientiously. Ar the same time the Ski-bug hit several members, and the slopes were too in- viting to be ignored. At conclusion of hockey and basketball seasons, base- ball and track became the big rage, but the sun-tan team was not to be left out. Phil Rahm, Aymon deSales, Dan Worth, Iohn Morgan, Pete Taylor, Sam Cooper, and Wayne lVlacVeagh .El ,X , x w ti l is 'fwfu X5 ig- , i c X N xy ' 'K signed up for this beneficial pastime. but found that it was not a sanctioned substitution for sports and became act- ive in the other activities. Tom Bohn- en, Bob Rahm, and Rah Moore succumbed to the call of the diamond and tried to interest everybody in the 'Afavorite pastime. We, who were always glad to see the end of school, now looked, in- stead, with mixed emotions to the end of this year. V!