Lawrenceville School - Olla Podrida Yearbook (Lawrenceville, NJ)

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FROM THE HEAD MASTER Now it is spring. As I write, the elms around the Bowl are showing a touch of green, and the magnolia over the main gate is about to blossom. Even with the stage giving visible signs of being set for the closing events of the year, it is difficult to think that the Fifth Form will shortly be singing its Parting Song and the Class of 1965 will march out of the chapel, leaving their pews to the Fourth Form. VVhat kind of year has it been? One thinks first of all of major ac- complishments. The 'cnewv Lawrence of recent issues is one of the best stu- dent newspapers I have ever read. To Mike Matthay all credit for presiding over his spirited and sometimes con- tentious editors, Ion Miller, Dave Okerson, Bob Hecker, and Lewis Perrv. The stress and strain of self- discovery were amply evident in Law- rence columns during the winter, but from all the alarums and excursions I4 has emerged Phoenixlike a genuinely new and fine school paper. VVe are accustomed to high levels of achievement from Periwig, now thoroughly at home in the Allan P. Kirby Arts Center. N0 Time for Ser- gerznts was first class and Greg Mal- colm in the lead role memorable. Chris Lees and the cast of the winter show, Duerrenmatt's The Visit, were strik- ingly effective. Again the accomplish- ment was beyond cavil. There were other triumphs during the year. I shall always remember the last quarter of the Andover football game when Art Thompson and Robin Madden captained their underdog team in a display of tenacious spirit which showed that there can be a glory in losing, a glory of the heart. And then there were two tremendous iinal wins over Choate and The Hill. Other accomplishments have been more individual in nature. Bob Heck-