Lawrenceville School - Olla Podrida Yearbook (Lawrenceville, NJ)

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' 7' lILlLA llP4DlIDll2lIllDA Mot Q IUHN ORNE GREEN, IR. ucil'Cl'l'llC.l A'I.ick lean Vert , 0 tuu'i1l'z1' co11.ftl:'11t'e, how zfofl 16011 LIIHICI I7l!'l7ll Sufi Michigan Avenue. Mobile. .'xl.llL1ll'lL1. Horn at Erie, Pennsylvania. lanuary I, 11721. Director of L'ppc-rg Crew Squad inumeralsl EN. 'gnu Hcnnt-dv Cbalnpionsllip Soccer Team '57-'58, .-Xll-Hou--c Football EH: I.ibr.irian. Kennedy House '57-EH: Vice- Presidcnt. Kennedy '5H3go: Lawrence Board 'gn-'aug Lil Board 'gn-un: Concert Club: Pipe and Quill Club: Open floor Comniittee: Glee Club '33-'59, '49-'aug Flag llc-arer. Sundav Chapel '30-'4H: Cum Laude Society: Prom C.imnnttee '3i,3.pf. Caine to Lawrenceville September. 14130. Former lliillsc, licnncdv. Preparing for UA. course at Yale. l9li-O ii iiiililliij liyil l HERE is an extraordinary man. An athlete, a scholar, and a real gentleman. he has compiled a long list of friends here. His record is an enviable one, including the first recorded perfect score on a final English exam and a large part in The Bishop All-.i'!7l'!ZLIZ'C'.f ...,. A real ladies' man, lohn had his troubles around Prom time because he could ask only one girl. A tense situation aroe because of this. at the Mid-VVinter Prom. His room- mate, Beacham, trying to be helpful, asked the other one and between trying to keep two girls satisfied. Iohn was in a dilemma ...., -X s one of the hardest workers in the class, Iohn gained himself a well-earned place on the coveted Cum Laude Society .... His powers of concentration are renowned. It has been said that Upper could burn down while Iohn was reading and he would never know it. XVe don't doubt it .... His real outsidelof-school love. however, is sailing. lust mention the word boat and he is off. telling of his European adventures ..,. Perhaps he picked Yale because it's near the water, One Hznzdred Tzuelzfe

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l piuita roioiaiitm ,Q J CHARLES BYRON GORDON Bi Charlie Thr rfry flourfr of yolllhf' 167 Greenway North. Forest Hills. New York. Born at Oak Park, Illinois, November 25. IQ22. Fifth Form Soccer 'I't'an1 lnumeralsl. Came to Lawrencciille September. 1939. Preparing for B.S. course at Princeton. ONE might invest on Charles 'iTall, Dark, and Handsome Gordon the oflicial laurels of being the real Romeo of the Lodge. Harry Harrison, his roommate, and the other Lodgites unanimously voted him the best looking in their house. Rumor has stated that a certain damsel, who easily hlls luliet's shoes in this combination, whole- heartedly votes in the athrmative on this question. . . . Can dress in two minutes lthis may be a trifle exaggeratedj for breakfast every morning when neces- sary, which is practically every morning .... Spark- plug of the Lodge touch-football teams which used to conHict on the temporary playing field at the side of the house .... Mr. lameson makes Charlie the butt of his most biting humor. You are familiar with his kind of humor, arent you? NVell, stay away from it. l ...1 -X dancer par excellence and one of those unavoid- able Math wizards .... Bowling milk bottles at mid- night with a one-time Laurentian is an example of his 1 very subtle pranks .... His humor is constant, and occasionally funny. I One Hzuzdred Eleven

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L roitita ropiaiiivag J MARK HALL l7l.isli BML home riginal in Imfiiiiziz. . . . 4:11 Indiana Avcnue, Fort XV.iyne, Indiana. I-iorn .it Oak Park. Illinois, Xoveniber I. 19311. Presidtnt ill George lFirst Termiz Student Council: Gun Club 'iq-i-Qin: Pcriwig '39-limi: Science Club. Uaine to I..iwrenctv1llc September. 193-r. Prtparing for EA. course at Princeton. J, ,, i 1.940 Muua has very successfully upheld the characteristically high standard of accomplish- ment which Hoosiers always make in whatever they attempt. No sooner had he settled in George than he came into the limelight by his election to the presidency of that house .... Being capable of earning better grades than fifty per cent of his classmates, he journeyed about a mile to Upper. Room, ing with Beach and Hass was all right for social activity. but not for mental activity. so he took a single, f . . . His Russian and other unmistakable accents could be detected anywhere as coming from him. He even tried to use this wonderful faculty for atlected accents in the Periwig .... To practice up for any Iniun huntin' in the Indiana forests in the vicinity of Fort VVayne this summer, he ioined the Gun Club. One needs that old ushootin' eye to spot those stealthy Redskins. Everyone knows that the only good Indian is a dead one. . . . Made some bonefcracking and rib- tickling tackles on the Championship Touch Football Team ...., -Xttempts hasketball when his knee is in the right place. One Hznzdred Thirzeezz