Lakeside School - Numidian Yearbook (Seattle, WA)

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Charles Stewart Charles Stewart entered Lakeside two years ago from Ellensburg -a fact that no one was ever allowed to forget. He had a wide vari- ety of activities, and managed to get in a few hunting trips when he was not busy getting 4LA,s,'. He was a two-year letterman on the foot- ball team, and the star center for the Bw Brownell basketball team. Because of his popularity and ability he was elected student body president and secretary of the dorm council. He was a reporter for the Tatler and co-editor of this ycar's Numidiau. J olm Vanderspek John Vanderspek was Lakeside's Model A fanatic. The morning arrival of his 'thot rodw fwhen it was runningj always drew atten- tion. Later in the year, he built an A-V8 which was outstanding. 'gSpec, a scientist at heart, did his best work in physics and chem- istry. He was one of the school's most promising devotees of the scientific method. The Tatleris neat organization was the result of his skill, and the student body public address system wouldnit have run without him. Bob Zoffel was last in the class roll call, but certainly not the least of its members. His laugh first echoed across the campus as a junior, but Bob earned real recognition as an athlete. His pitching sparked the baseball team for two years. A dependable Lion back in foot- ball season, he starred for the Whitcolllbs in club basketball. In spite of his loyalty to West Seattle, Bob was active in all school affairs. He was a member of the Senate, secretary of the Whitcombs, and co-chairman of the Shipwreck dance, one of the most successful in recent years. 11

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Dick Rodbury Dick Rodbury was thc third member of Lakesideis intellectual tri- umvirate. He came to Lakeside from Queen Anne in his freshman year. At first nobody paid much attention to this shy Queen Anne boy, but in his sophomore year he was elected to the Senate. The following year he became junior class president As a senior Dickis time was pretty well filled. In addition to his duties in the Senate he was editor of the Tatler. He spent most of his spare time work- ing on some mechanism he liked to call a car. Bob Rotton Bob Rotton first set foot on the campus as a seventh grader, mak- ing his stay the third longest in the senior class. For some time his major problem was becoming accustomed to the inevitable puns on the basis of his name. His smiling face was consistently evident in all types of school functions. He won frosh-soph letters in baseball and football and was numbered among the wingmen on the ,48 var- sity. His dorm notes added considerable spark to the Tatler. Warner Scheyer The shy country boy from Puyallup, Warner was a capable athlete in three varsity sports. He won two letters in football, playing a good game at center. Warner also was a member of the varsity bas- ketball and baseball teams. In the social world he was chairman of last yearis Junior Prom, which was a great success. If Warner used the knowledge he acquired in chemistry this year he should become one of the nation's outstanding glass benders. Tom Symons ' Tom Symons came to Lakeside in the fall of 1944. His seven-passen- ger Buick solved many a transportation problem during his last two years. In his senior year he did an extremely efficient job as basket- ball manager. He was a hard-working and capable student and acquired a very respectable number of Gold Stars. 10

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Class Prophecy del VALLE BODY WORKS We Make Everything Hollywood and Vine Hollywood, California Alumni Secretary, Lakeside School Seattle, Washington Dear Sir: ln reply to your letter of the fourteenth, requesting the whereabouts of members of the class of ,49, I submit the following account based on various sources, including material from the Adjutant General's office in the Pentagon: Pfc. R. G. Rotton has served four years as a laboratory assistant at Fort Lewis. His specialty is blood tests. Pvt. Paul Mountcastle has been detained six years at the draft center without assignment. His various aptitudes have so puzzled the classification specialists that they have been unable to agree on a category. C. R. O. Harold Alldred has earned his red hash marks as third assistant line coach ut Camp Peroxide Pre-Flight. T. 5 Warner Scheyer by reason of his medical training spent the first five years of army life at a reception center making urinanalysis. Lt. tj. g.J Willis Brown, who was put in charge of a four-masted cutter by reason of his small- boat experience, is, now reported missing on Lake Washington. Red Cross worker John Anderson, declared 4-F, was sent by the army to disseminate Ameri- can culture to the native population of the Solomon islands. Cpl. C. H. Stewart, ballistic expert of the class, looked forward to a similar career in the army. He was assigned to the band, apparently because he is tone deaf. Pvt. Poe Fratt is Colonel Benson's jeep driver while Benson is a liaison officer with the British on the upper Nile. Fratt's main duty is retrieving his commanding officer from his fre- quent safaris into Ethiopia. Jim Gravely by some quirk of army classification is in G-2 under the personal command of Lt. Gen. C. R. James. Pft. Bill Bell, who earned his chevrons after serving in the infantry for eleven years, was finally promoted and given the responsibility of serving as Lt. Cravely's orderly. Pfc. Ronald Rickles rose through the ranks and sweated out the war as a teletype operator in the Pentagon. He was attached to a W. A. C. S. R. John Cronkhite has gained recognition as a ahead specialist, his techniques have been widely copied. Col. Fred Guenther now heads the mathematics department at West Point and, by a strange coincidence, Comdr. Dan Creveling serves in the same capacity at Annapolis. Lt. Don Etherington first applied to the air corps because he liked the looks of their uniform but was assigned to plain clothes intelligence work. Cpl. Tom Symons, who had no particular desire to be G. I., found himself in the M. P.'s, and was soon noted for the whitest belt and shiniest shoes. Sgt. John Vanderspek was particularly pleased with his job in the M. P.'s and was noted for picking up more speeders than any other patrolman. This happy career came to an abrupt end when he arrested Brig. Cen. Edward Brady, youngest general in the air corps. Vanderspek was quickly assigned to overseas duty. ff Mess Sgt. R. Forgey has become a big man in the army, weight 312 pounds. He is known for the zeal with which he attacks his work. Extsrogert Jerry Petram escaped military service through his work as an entertainer with the U. . . V ,A Bill Jensen spent the war in the safest place in the United States, Fort Leavenworth, as a result of selling dogfish hash to the U. S. army. gs, G. Pritchard rose not only to influence but affluence as the sergeant in charge of the Fort Lewis P. X. until his books were examined too closely by the Bureau of the Budget. He is now 4 Jensen's cellmate and the two while away many hours talking over old times. . Lt. Jack Bate, C-2, was betrayed by a beautiful Russian girl in whom he had complete confi- dence. She used him and left him on the Nile. Yardbird X. L. Anthony, because of past experience at Lakeside, is now digging latrines on J' QE the Rock of Gibral'ar. g 25 Major Zoffel, B. S., M. S., Ph. D., reported that he and his assistant, Capt. C. Logan, B. S., 3 ' M. S., have been making progress on radiant energy. 1' 2 Capt. R. L. Rodbury entered the navy as a plebe from R. P. I. After fifteen years he reap- Qt i. 5 M 2 peared as a four-striper. No one can explain it, but apparently his responses were uniformly filllg X corrrect. Capt. Walt Bush when last heard from was spreading enlightenment and joy among the upper Amazonians, whom he classified as similar in mores to Portlanders. 1 Yours very truly, bf, fi Q Big Bore del Valle, ss E Class Secretary. is ' Q74 ' - -- .E 12