Trinity Pawling School - Scroll Yearbook (Pawling, NY)

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CLASS It was four years ago, the year of the fa- mous Republican defeat, that the class of 1940 first began to assemble its forces within the portals of Pawling. Since then, the number of members has steadily increased from its initial five to forty-three, the largest class in the his- tory of the school. Four years ago, the class of 1940 was insignificance personified. Com- mencement day was looked forward to as some- thing almost inattainable in the dim, dark fu- ture. A lot of water has passed under the pro- verbial bridge since then, and we cannot believe that there is one activity in school that some member of our class hasn’t had a foot or at least a finger in. Bob Gardiner has had his big size-twelve brogan resting on the Editor's desk of the Pawl- ing Record all year and aside from marring the furniture has done a good job on the bi-monthly. The ‘'Scroll” is ably taken care of (we hope) by the indomitable jarvis Nichols, who is tyrant enough to demand that articles be in on time. Ofttimes we’ve seen Doug Everett rushing around on Saturday night gasping with tortured breath that he needs just one more acolyte on Sunday to fill the docket. The three dances have been the successes that they were largely through the efforts of the same Nick and Doug. Athletic ability is one field in which the senior class is unsurpassed. With big Maury Stetscn leading the track team as captain, and tearing off big gains through the line in football, neither team suffered from his participation. Captain Ablie Mott’s dogged determination and aggressiveness in the line aided the football team to climb to greater glories than it has achieved for many years. The pigskin toters were also incidentally succored by Skid Carr, Page twenty THE PAWLING SCHOOL

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THE PREFECTS ALBERT DeWITT MOTT II ALASTAIR NIXON MAURICE FREEMAN STETSON PETER VAN DE WATER WIESE THE PAWLINC SCHOOL Page nineteen

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msTccy who was accustomed to smash his way over center for a few yards at a time. He also called signals as a side line. The basketball team, un- der the leadership of Al Nixon, missed the Tri- state League Championship by a lone game. Big Al also led the baseball team, and his excel- lent play was characteristic of his qualities of leadership and aggressiveness. Doug Everett led the puckmen to a successful season with only four losses in eleven contests. In the minor sports, Rufus Mathewson and Johnny Stark led the tennis and swimming teams, respectively. The class of '40 also held its own in scholastic achievement, with such mental wiz- ards as Bev Tucker, Bob Gardiner, “Muscles Mathias, and Peter Wiese raising the average of the class. Another brain-trust member who came in late in the year was Scott Robinson. Peter Wiese was elected president of the senior class, and also took over the role of sen- ior prefect. He and the other members of the council, composed of Dick Goat, Albie Mott, Maury Stetson, and Al Nixon, handled the ad- ministrative affairs of the student body. It is hard to get five men who act together with cooperation and ease, but these performed their duties with skill and alertness and so held high the standard and precedent of the years gone by. In looking over the years as a unit, we cannot help wishing that our years at Pawling were not over. We realize that left unfinished are many tasks that we would have preferred to see completed. To the seniors of 1941 we be- queath a record and a tradition that we hope will never be dimmed as long as the stalwart foundations of Pawling stand. THE PAWLINC SCHOOL Page twenty-one