The Hill School - Dial Yearbook (Pottstown, PA)

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lblstory of the Glass of 19G3 55039 3 ENTLE READER, allow me to be so informal as to present myself. I am Castoropia, the muse of Class his- 5 5 tories. Kindly imagine yourself seated with me on a dismal rock across the Styx. We are in the realm of Q S shades. These ghost-like forms which tlit about are members of the Class of 1903, who, in turn, will pass E9 5 by us in review as I Call them. ' JWQ First, Rear Admiral Fritz-Iule Achelis. Notice his sad, sweet smile. This precocious youngster entered the school in the stone age. His memory stretches back even to the time when there was a class worse than our own. He dreams most of the time, especially in Greek recitations. It is reported, indeed, that the only thing that can wake him up is the whistle of the train bound for New York. Next we have dear little Blair, whose astounding dexterity first won him fame as a juggler 3 later, alas! he em- ployed this same dexterity in teasing from the unwilling banjo the most wofullest strains that e'er met mortal ears. - But who is that, you say, who next looms large upon the horizon ? He with the chubby, child-face and that in- imitable prance? Bend closer while I whisper the name-Edward Hardluck Butler!!! In his hand he carries a geom- etry, an Iliad, four or five histories and a French book. He has spent seven hours and six minutes on each, and is now ready Cwith the help of the godsy to make a recitation. He couldn't have spent that much time, you say? Nonsense! Next! Hist! Cpausej. Hush!! Cpausej. Likewise Sh!!! Qlong pausej. See him! Horatio Booth Colket ! !! O, ye shades of actors great, shudder and grow pale! See how quietly he passes. Never would you suspect that he is the one who has set the flat afire with his eloquence, and by his power of acting has even awed a Renshaw! Notice his dreamy eye and unkempt beard. The soul of genius is there, my boy! Yes, you are right, the next is a great man. G-r-e-a-t, great-capital G. F. H. Davis, A.B., Ph.D., N.F.Y.G., etc., etc. Why that run-away-little-boy-and-play-I'm-an-upper-sixth-former air? One of the eccentricities of genius, I assure you. You perceive from his rapid, vigorous gait that he is an athlete. In fact he is the backbone of the school's athletics. I was about to say ham-bone, but he doesn't like puns, so we had better pass to the next before we irritate him. I2

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qEnter Charles Texas Fowler, playing on a violin, Way down in Shep's room.t'j This one, as you see by his colid, :esthetic countenance, never allows anything to disturb or anger him. What! Oh, yes, he plays basketball. Wellflffe- member how in that famous game with Brown Prep. he became confused and attempted to bounce along the floor his opponent's head instead of the ball. But we must hasten. A Next ! , Francis Ching Foo Georger is our towling swell. What! Oh, yes, he is, he told me so himself. With him every act is grace itself. In football, in skating-nay, even in walking, he is the very poetry of motion. industrious! you ask? Oh, very, on Sunday mornings-yes, and on Monday mornings, too, for that matter. Next ! George Alphonse de Gaston Glaenzer appears, clad in a rainbow shirt and dancing pumps. He bows, pl tces his hand over his heart and begins in a rich false-also voice the following dirge: it Once, while I was sitting just as still as I could be, Mr. Sheppard whispered, ' Proposition twenty-three g' Hardly had I answered, when he grinned a grin at me Saying, ' Next ! ' Wasn't he mean? H Once I knew my Iliad, ah, yes, 'twas long ago, I drew a breath to rattle off some titty lines or so, When Mr. Rolfe made me desist and murmured, ' Much too slow,' Saying, 'Next ll Wasn't he mean? He grins and disappears like the Cheshire cat. First body, then face, then, last of all, grin. c This tall, gaunt form that next stalks across the scene is not Caesar's ghost, but only John Juba Holabird, who imagines for an instant that he is at West Point and walking on guard. With great exertion he managed to prepare eight recitations a week QSpelling, Geography, Reading and Picture Blocksj. t CCries of Prince Charles forever in the distance. Enter Hopkins smiling uneasilyj. This next specimen is our all-round man, actor, inventor, soldier, juggler, author, geometry shark and anything else you please. His greatest achiev- ment P Thatls hard to say. He gained considerable note on an alarm clock machine that could close the window and do thirty-seven other tricks. This feat was eclipsed by Hammond, however, who had a lead of two features when How- ard cleaned out the flat for the dance. Some say this blow deranged Prince Charles' mind, but others say not, basing their position on the assumption that the aforesaid mind was alread c ack d ' f - ' y r e in our oi five places. Perhaps his greatest feat was his close imitation of a corpse. This feat was performed on no less than 204 days of the school year, i4