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103Ckg'10l1l1C1S alld have xalxlllg 1ll1LQ19StS7 Palt of lt must be a comnloll Cl6Sl16 to bet tcl the School thele ale othel leasons too but the nlost lmpoltant tlllng fol us to lemembel IS that xx e haxe galncd a deep lcspect fol dlffellng types of boxs 111 oul dallx school llfe xxe haxe had the 01313011211 111tX to obselxe llfe 1tS8lf on a small sc Llc nleetlllg both those xx hom xxe gl oxx to 111 e alld those xxe nex Q1 fullx l1l1I191ST1d1N1 We came to feel a solt of loxe 101 cx Ll x mem bel of the class Tllllllx back to thc moment xx hen the dlplomas xx ele belllg handcd out Dldll t xou feel a tlllge of sadncss to sax falexx ell to ex G1 x lllembel of thc gl oup dllfl not melelx those 111 XO111 Ddltlfllldl legald 7 As xxe look back on the nlcnlbcls of the Class of 1959 xxe have celtalll llttle chal actel sketches hfced lll oul llllllfl Sandy Altken the qulet llkeable hockex plax 91 alld math 6Xp81t Hc gaxe the School some tlllllg' And so dld Ralph Becl ett a good athlete and onc xx ho xxas not a pel S011 to boast of the thlllgs he dld on the Student COUHCI1 and 111 othel actlxltlcs Nell Blume xxas a lJQl1ll1C1 the scencs xx O1k91 too Blff Bullls xx as appl eclated mole than some of us 1Gd1lZL B111 Clealx gaxe the school much lll Sp01tS and so dld D101 Cooke lll a less spcctaculal xx ax Balny Coon xx as Vely good ln dlalllatlcs alld 111 lepleselltlng thc Scllool Daxe Cunlmllls gaxe alt a leal llft at Belmont H111 Sklp de lEtolle xx Olkbd hald on the 611311101161 alld at belng a good gux GGOIQL Devlne xx as blllllant on the hockex tealll Eall Edgelton plescnted the scllool xx ltll humol alld gleat dlamatlc talent Stexe Ells needs no ful thcl plalse as a xx 0116181 ful p16Sld6Ht B111 Fleck boosted thc soc C61 team John Fostcl xx as alxx axs 111 H1919 pltchlllg John Goldthxx alt plax cd good basketball alld xx as a Sll611t xx 011111 Pete Glallllls lellt a llght touch to tt11l1lS B111 Gltell shoxxcd that StL1f116S 111111 SDO1tS could be 635115 comblned John GIOZIQI blOllg'llt the Glee Club up a long xx ax and nlade the canteen lull at a ploflt VV1l1tS lI3.11lI1gt011 O1g3I1lZ6f1 a blld club Ted Halllson xx as as actlve 111 dlamatlcs as he xx as 111 dlt Dlck Haskell added a llght 311 to anx actlxltx hc elltcled lnto Ted Hen 61613011 helped llltlamulals xx lth h1S un tlllng suppolt lNc1l Hullbut xx as a stal ln all thlec spolts seasons kenny 11011115011 gaxe teams SLlpp01t flom hlS cheellllg IJOSltlOll Russ Ixlllgmall xx as allothel S1501 ts Stal Flank Kllk xx as a sllent sup D01 tcl G801gL 1 exx 1S gave us many a tall St01X Dennx Llttlc D1OV8d a fine SOCC61 Lilptdlll B111 Manlx xx as alxx ays a LOIISIC1 clatc helpcl P1111 Mostlom xxas anothel ex xmple of blallls L01T1b1116d xx ltll athletlc sklll Tollx llIL111dX Sdld l1tt16 but xvhat he dld sax checled us up Tom NlCh61 son gaxc thc xx ol11 squad alld the xx all ln xaluablc xld Daxe P8115 xxas an athlete good oi the School Ely P161 ce xx as knoxxn bv ex 8150110 as a blg xx heel alound Bel mont H111 Dlck ROCl1fO1t dld much mole than lllS shale on thc buslness end of tlllllgs Goldx Shallel loalled us a touch oi S0l1tl1L11111l1D101 3l1Cll1OSD1t3l1tj Justln Slllltll xx as a conllc and a good hockey plax 61 Joe Sllldel xx 011x661 quletly ln many tl1ll1gS Sullx Sulllvan xvas a good guy GGOI ge 'X 10tSOS kept us laughlng and B111 Wllltmall xxas a lack of all tlades and lllastel of most of them Plobably these ale not the only thlngs xou 1611161111361 about xoul classmates but thcx ale chalactellstlcs xx hlch have gone fal t0X1c11C1 pulllng us togethel alld thex SQIXQ to lecall otllel 111611101 16S You boxs I'l1611tlOl16f1 above xx hen you 16311 tll1S Belnlollt H111 may seem very fal axx ax to xou But lt IS 163115 vely close and xx hcthel xou klloxx lt 01 not xou haxe all glXL11 lt sonlethlllg alld lt has left a plcce ol ltself xx ltll x ou 1 1 1 1 1 11' ' 1 ' 1 ' 7 1 ' - ' - 1 ' '1 - 1 1 1 31 1 1 1 1 1 1 - 1 - ' v 7 7 7 1 7 ' ' 7 1 1' 1 1 ' A , 11' 1 . 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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 . ,
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