Lakeside School - Numidian Yearbook (Seattle, WA)

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THE SENIOR CIRCLE by Bill Ryan The Senior Circle, of ill Tame, The underclassman dreads iT, IT his presence is requesTed, He aTTerwards regreTs iT. He musT, wiTh speed ThaT is amazing, To The Circle run, When he assumes The righT posiTion, The Seniors have Their Tun. Amid The din and smoky haze, The paddles now appear, Their appearance soon proves 'Mid groans The sadisTs cheer. IT The hack is good enough, Then mosT are saTisTied, BuT if noT, There musT be more 'Ere all are pacified. To underclassmen, so inferior, Some advice I render, IT you're evil, your posTerior Will suffer, if iT's Tender. Twofold. Page 9

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HISTORY OF THE CLASS OF I955 When l unknowingly became the first member of the class of T955 at Lakeside, any coniectures as to the final composition of this year's Senior Class would have been far astray. As the door of the sixth grade classroom at Lakeside opened on September I4, 1948, I could barely wonder at so distant a happening as the ceremonies which would take place on June 7, I955. The year i948 was a bad year to begin the Class of '55, for there were but five sixth graders, four of whom ultimately left Lakeside. As the next year dawned, however, the one-man class quickly rounded itself out. Jim L'abbe and Keith Mader were added for athletic representation, Mike McGoldrick and Dick Moores hustled in to give our class some academic standing, Ed Kloth and Bob Thorgrimson ambled towards Lakeside to present their views that relaxation was highly beneficial to mankind. Oh, I forgot someone. A rather retiring lad was seen in back of the crowd. I think, however, I'll hold you in suspense about him. Finally the eighth grade loomed up ahead. The class struggled through the tragic blow of losing our Headmaster, Mr. Adams, at the beginning of the year. We managed to meet the challenge of the coming uppereschool years with an increase of only two students. Paul Giese, the indispensable person always ready to fill any open secretarial iob, lent his intellectual talents, and Marvin Levinson neutralized the assets by bringing himself, his pipes, and his transmissions to Lakeside. And our rather retiring lad was making himself both intellectually and socially quite prominent. Finally the dream of being in the upper school was a reality! lAnd so, l might add, was the extra work.l Tom Collins replaced Jim Thorpe on the football team, and John Shumway decided to enter the race to beat the Globe Trotters. Martin Hochfield set up his bootleg- ging business on the campus, Alan Moritz was Sun Valley's glamour contribution, Bob King lent us his social standing, Bill Ryan provided us with tales which were so tall that we would sit through a school day thinking of nothing but our next two-minute break, and Dave Keir presented himself as a lad with nothing to win him a national title, except maybe the ability to please everyone in every situation. Our class was ceasing to be a class, and beginning to become a group of acute individualists. Oh yes, our anonymous student was elected presi- dent of the freshman class. Half-way through the Korean Conflict, in September, I952, we proceeded to take possession of sophomore privileges. We were all pretty well worn down by the homework, so quite a few reinforcemements were brought up. Jim Agen gave his support to Ed Kloth's theories on relaxation, Phil Bayne brought his version of World Art to Lakeside, Tom Campbell came in as a spy for General Insurance Com- pany, James Davis took up the role of the foreign agent, Hartley Paul brought the Olympic Ski Team back to Seattle, Ken Russell landed with the Seventh Fleet, Bill Rutherford and Tim Seth began the points system i250 points for hitting a cop in a crosswalk, etc.l, John Sang- ster took up the practice of getting as many traffic tickets as possible in order to be elected President of the Traffic Safety Council, and Ray Steckel brought the country's banking interests to Lakeside. Last, but not least, our anonymous Executive came back for a second term. Our Junior year was an unstable one, We were undecided whether to make a last fight to become seniors, or to go back to the ninth grade and start all over again. The prospect of beginning again was greatly enlightened by the lunltimely arrival of Bob Helsell and Harri- son Overturf. Mr. Don Clarke was nominated as Lakeside's ambassador to the All-American Boy Club, Tom Rosenburg presented us with his cheerful disposition, even in the face of a math quiz from Mr. Lambert, Paul Suzuki gave to the class some original and delightful ideas which we were in need of, and Henry Tudor donated England's ideas on the problems and solution of U. S, income tax. Our as yet un- named member had risen to Cum Laude and had become quite a leader in things social as well as intellectual. And now our senior year at Lakeside had arrived. So hadthe United Nations delegation from Maryland, in the form of Dick Cole, and from Canada, in the form of Kendall Evans. As I write this article near the end of the third quarter, thirty-five of us are waiting for the coming of College Board exams and quarter tests. But, more important, we are waiting for June 6, I955, when we can publicly express our heart's deepest gratitude to the members of the faculty at Lakeside, the men who have spent the last seven years of their lives seeing to it that we become the kind of men that are needed for leadership in all parts of the world. And to our anonymous student, Jon Damski, the Editor of this NUMIDIAN: Thank you, Jon, for doing what you have done to make this school, this class, and this book, what they are. JIM SCHROEPPEL Page 8

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I l . 5 . , , , THOMAS CAMPBELL Tom Campbell is one of the most entertaining, and certainly the biggest, member of the class. His sense of humor is almost as gargantuan as his bulk. To look at him, one would think that a fellow of Tom's stature would be a football player, and one would be right, for 'Big Tom' has been an outstanding linesman on the gridiron for the last two years. ln addition to his football, Tom has played 'B' squad basketball, and has lettered in baseball. When not playing varsity ball, Tom is usually bolstering the prestige of his Parsons Club by his basketball and track prowess, Proof of his popularity is the fact that Tom has held the office of Sergeant-at-Arms of the Parsons for two years. Woe to any poor mortal that dares PHILIP BAYNE Phil is a large, easy-going boy, who, although he views everything with a critical eye, is always found to be quietly pleased with life. As long as he has gone to Lakeside, Phil has been recognized as one of the most brilliant members of the class and as the school's most competent artist. His variety of conversational topics and his great stock of miscellaneous knowledge single him out as an extremely well-read boy. In fact, excluding a few of the teachers, he has probably read more books than any one person in the school. Phil reads with equal enioyment anything from epic poetry to science fiction. There is no end to the amount of useful and interesting things one can learn from books-provided, of course, one is unhampered by such dull and irrelevant matters as homework. lt is a wonderful philos- ophy for anyone who can follow it. Many Lakeside students neglect their homework, but few do so because they have more worth-while and more productive things to do. Few boys would stay up till well after midnight and do nothing but read and draw pictures. Phil's artistic talents are recognized even more widely than his intellectual qualities. Whether it is a ques- tion of scenery for a play, a cover for the Numidian, or decorations for a dance, the school always calls upon Phil to do most, if not all, of the work. Seldom has anyone questioned his taste or expressed dissatisfaction with his completed iob. This year Phil, besides doing extra art work for the school, entered two drawings in the Scholastic Arts competition. One of these won a key, the other received honorable mention. We all expect that Phil's talents, his background, and his fine taste will carry him far in whatever career he chooses. At the moment he is thinking of being a teacher of either history or languages. College Choice: Harvard. incur the wrath of that officer! ln his sophomore year, he astounded all by winning The President's Medal. This honor came in his first year as a Lakesider. Tom will be remembered at Lakeside mainly because of his sense of humor and con- geniality. Although he is frank and sincere, and never afraid to voice his own ideas or opinions, no one can take offence at any of Tom's remarks. Large, economy-sized Tom will long be remembered by his classmates as a hard worker and a swell guy. College Choice: Colorado College. Will: I leave my good standing in the Young Republican Club to Dr. Parrington. Page IO