Belmont Hill School - Belmont Hill School Yearbook (Belmont, MA)

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mon Room The followlng year we were Jolned by several 1nterest1ng gentlemen Mort Roblnson Dave Cummms and h1S Ste1l1ng Studey Goldy Goldthwaxt Nell Blume Eall The Count Edge1gon and last but tallest Looey LQWIS and 1n the teachlng l1ne Easy lwed Ryerson The fashion leadel of the Fo1m Justln Smlth xx as not to make h1s appealance unt11 halfvsay th1ough the year Our assoc1at1on w1th B00kl6 Al xx as OVQI FOSt91 began the yea1 Vlth a bang by demollshlng hlS father s Cal th1s was su 1ftl5, follow ed by Dutch Folgs 11legalex1t ludely dlscow e1ed by M1 Max 1n a nea1 coll1s1on 1n Belmont Center Dutch xx as gazlng at a passlng f6II'1lIlllfl6 fO1m not M1 Max and the latte1 s SVVQIVL 111to a dltch seemed to have no effect on the gaze1 at all Motor scoote1s came 1nto fashlon as Tom Nlcker son B111 Whltman Ken Johnson and Tonto fo1med a roa11ng squad Cha111e Donovan eased the tenslons and D1 essu1 es of the yea1 w1th h1s t1me1y advlce Just a k e1t ea We presented ou1 annual extrava ganza thls yea1 The Great Bottleneck Dlamond dlrected by J H Funk before an mtelested Chapel audlence 1n a d1f fe1ent ve1n appeared a burlesque organ lZ9d and ably conducted by cho1 us glrl B111 Clea1y and h1s group of lavlng beautles PQIIY Roblnson and Dev1ne before a completely capt1vated assembly audlence M6HHXNh1l6 the d1amat1c club was pro duclng The Merchant of Venlce pre sented m December at the Sanders Theatel ln Cambr1dge As we fought fo1 Slxth Folm p11v1leges 1n tlme honoled fashlon at the end of the yea1 and began a long cracke1 and mllk Olgy Ralphle Beckett helped to confuse the matter of rlng choos 1ng he struck a note of extlavagance common to the best of us poor human belngs when he lssued h1s 1mmo1tal malk L1sten I wanna b 1 g p o 1 p 1 e 1ock 1n my rlng I 1 4 The next September when we returned we were the 1mportant cogs 1n Belmont H111 s gear tram and none of the gears had been strlpped leavlng a sweet 41 boys to run the course of Senlor year Pe1haps a word of explanatlon should be 1nJected here Thls hlstory 1n an attempt to reduce welghty detall to the mmlmum as we have found IS clever to do ln a hlstory thesls has not accounted for all the sheep who have wandered 1nto the fold from 1944 to 1952 and those who have 1n mysterlous fashlon been sp1r1ted from our lanks Sufiice It to say that we have ln eluded the most 1mportant of these hap penlngs and hope the reader w1ll not demand p1 eclse 1nformat1on on the b18tl116H Now back to ou1 41 No new faces appea1ed IH September of 1951 but the class dlscovered other ma te1 1al to ww ozk on Mr Test and Mr Moore latest gentlemen to assume professorlal chalrs Steve Ells had been elected boss and began the yea1 1n an opt1m1st1c way by calllng for no goofmg off whlle h1S henchman Rochford establlshed the foot ball 1ally filmly Xvlthlll our walls helpmg ou1 team to achleve 1ts first undefeated season 1n the Schools hlstory Rocky also contrlved to pzesent A Day at Prentlce Downes as assembly entertamment to the enjoyment of all but the hard workmg l1tt1e one hlmself I l1ke Splke p1ns made an appearance as the pres1dent1a1 camp algn advanced The fall sports dance was presented as usual thls year w1th the add ed touch of p1ctures of the team members heads cleverly attached to hand drawn arms and legs Tom N lckerson bravely ac cepted h1s broken neck recelved durlng football season and w1th the asslstance of a thmg l1ke a ca1 Jack has succeeded 1n pu1l1ng hlmself together Tonto and h1s boys managed to capture the Lawrence v1lle Trophy and carry off the league hockey tltle vs 1th a 1 1 record while B1ff was earnmg a spare ten spot at such ChO1C6 dlves as the Choo Choo Inn . , . . . . . . , . , 1 - , , sn 11 ' - - 1 1 1 - - ' , n 11 , , . . . u 97 ' ' - - 9 , , . . . . ' u 1 11 ' ' , . . . . ' Q . . V 1 1 - . ' . Y . K . u ' 11 y , I V ' 7. . . . J .. ' y' f , ' , . as 11 , 1 ' ' , , ' Y ' , ' f Q KK !! y ' . . . ' 7 i, i x . . ' . - , - 1 I . I - u. 7 s n . . . , 1 1 1 u 11 , ,' , ' - . . , Q . . . . H . H . ,, . . 1 1 1 ' sy h ' . - . 1 ' ' ' 1 . . U I . . 1 ' 11 ' 1 1 - , . . , . . ' . . . . - . ' U . 1 , ' 11 ' ' 1 . V t - . . . - . ' . ' . . . . U . . ,, . , . . ' . . . . - 1 1 1 1 ' 1 ' 1 - ' ' - 1 ' an , ' 11 - 1 , - , - 1 ,. . . . - 1 . . . . 1 1 . . . . . . .-. . 1 ' ' ' u 11 ' . I u V ' re- 1 - , ' U ' 1 -'- - -'- - - H ' H ' - 1 1 1 . ' ' 11 ' ' as 11

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and Z1ggy s bx 1exeal1ng hlS Op613t1C O1 slmply e11at1c teno1 The canteen p1 ovcd an 111xaluable blessmg to The Whales close f11ends f01 obwous 1ea sons and xxe notlced an 1nc1ease 1n that masslxe f1ame Pe1haps a mo1e flequent ed centel xx as the b1ll1a1d 1oom xx he1e en joy ment m1xed xx 1th Clgalette smoke was open to all of ou1 membe1s not to mentlon the Common Room IH xx h1ch the Sm0klHg club met du11ng that last yea1 SIDCG the Fou1th Fo1m It had convened at V3110US Othel hldeouts M1 T found a st1ange nexv Job comme1c1al adve1t1s1ng used extenslvely by h1m fo1 the pu1pose of lu11ng xxax xxa1d S1Xth Fo1me1s 1nto h1S den lhe mo1e d1amat1cally 1ncl1ned among us had the good f01tune to Jou1ney to a small amusement pa1k called Chapel H111 although 0th61S mlght have des11ed to go too xx hen they hea1d the a1dent and Ha111son An 1nfo1mal dance 111 the Common Room xvas only the beg1nn1ng of a long l1ne of such IGVCIS and the dance g1ven us by the F1fth Fo1m xvas equally as effect1ve 111 keeplng ou1 m1nds off ou1 xx 01k 1901 gaxc us The HOllS6IH3.St91 and M1 Funk s f11St 1eal appealance fl om behmd the scenes Puttlng up the new gatexx ay to the School as a class g1ft xvas 1nst1uct1ve as xxas Geo1ge V1 otsoss 1n tlmate gathe11ng of shy youths folloxvmg College BO31dS and the findlng of Sully s cxam booklet And to top It all off sp11ng xx as made mo1e xx onde1ful than QV61 by the b11ll1ant 18601618 of both thc baseball team and the c1exx thc latte1 boastlng an undefeated 1egula1 season' We thought back on all thlS as xx e sat on the xx ooden cha11s unde1 the tent and watched ou1 classmates 1ece1ve thell pleces of pape1 xx h1ch s1gn1fied the end of a chapte1 IH the11 IIVQS Then ou1 name xxas called We xx e1e out Somehow lt dlcln t feel bad O1 good these xx e1e feellngs to come late1 afte1 the suppe1 and dance That evcnmg M1 and MIS Ham1lton gave the11 usual successful d1nne1 f01 the S1xth Fo1me1s and thell guests Sevelal of the maste1s xxe1e the1e 1n add1t1on to the Headmaste1 and h1s NVlf9 makmg the affau all the mo1e enjoyable Afte1 xve had e'1ten ou1 fill xxe ambled to the dance H001 and sxv11led a1ound beneath the beautlful ClCCOI'3t1OI1S of D1ck ROChfOld and tl1e Dance Comm1ttee The st1'eame1s and pool xxe1e Vely att1act1ve and the gene1al atmosphele left no room fO1 hav 1ng a bad t1me Pe1haps xvhen xxe 1etu1'ned home that n1ght 01 dllllng the next fexx days the full lmpact of xx l1at The Rev M1 ROb91t G M6tt61S at our Baccalauleate and P1Of9S so1 A James Casne1 at ou1 Commence ment had Sald 1n the11 IGSD ct1ve add1 esses finally lnt us POSS1b1y xxe thought SGIIOUS ly fO1 tl1e H1st t1me of the many thlngs M1 Ham1lto11 had been say1ng to us du1 1ng the p1eced1ng yea1s Before tl11s eplc comes to a final conclu s1on a xvold to M1 Ham1lton xvho has 1eached the ten 3ea1 ma1k IH h1S devoted S61 VICQ to Belmont H1ll He has seen th1s yea1 an undefeated football team a hockey team xvhose only loss xvas to the H31Va1d Fleshmen a gleat c1exv and mo1e 1m po1tant by fa1 the 1nst1tut1on of the Hono1 System xvh1ch had been h1s d6Sl16 for many yea1s ThlS tenth yeal xvas ce1ta1nly a culm1nat1on of h1S hopes t meant as much to us too fO1 It xx as the C10WI1lHg achlevement of ou1 yea1s at the School The class and the Headmastel 1eached the peak tOg6th8l and M1 Hamll ton xx as at the base of It all All fOl ty one membels of the gladuatlng class feel a deep adm11at1on fo1 h1m and a g1at1tude xxh1ch w1ll last fO1 as many yea1s as xve have IH StO19 fOI us ahead AFTERTHOUGHTS What holds a d1V61SQ g1oup of bovs to gethe1 boys xvho have come f1om d1ffe1 ent f15l H . V, ,, V ' Y . . h . X . ' - . 1 ' v 11 .0 1 .1 . 1 1 . v, ' v ' H ' . . '. Y . 7 U .' . Y' 1 1 1 1 . ' ' ' , - 1 Y ' ! ' y . . . . - ' 1 1 ' 1 . v ' '. - 1 y 7 . - C - y ' v ' Y. I I 1 .1 1 7 7 7 , . 1. 11 A A Y 1 1 1 . 7 ' 9 1 1 . 1. 1 1 1 , ' , as 77 , ' ' 2 . Y - I V . 1 1 1 1 . 1 ' . 1 V r., ' l . v . . . 7 . '. ' 1 I 1 ' 1 - . . . . - ' ' e ' , . . v I. - V 1 1 . 9 1 , , ' , ' speeches del1ve1'ed by Sn1de1', Edgerton, , . . Q 11. . 1 1 ' I - , , - ' y ' , ' . . 9 ' 7 , , 5' ,X u ,yy 1 ' . ' ' 1 7 '. . . 1 ' 1 7 V ' 1 . . . ' - 7 7 7 ' , , ' , , , 1 ' . Y . ' ' ' , ' 1 Y , ' 1 . ' . 1 . A ' . , ' 1 1 yt 1 7 1 1 7 , y ' . Y .' ' , , , A .1 r ' ' - . 1' v , - ' ' , . , , 1 - . ' - . 7 ' Y I 1 y- , ' , y ' ' 1 . A I 4 1 . .1 ' 1 1 A 1 ' . 1 l 1 Y Y I . ' 7 1 . Y . ' ' , , y , ' A 1 1 1 1 . 1, v Q . ,