Ben Lippen School - Challenge Yearbook (Asheville, NC)

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Tuesday, Apr1l 28 1970 L1ppen Lrrc Page 4 LIPPEN LITE Ben Llppen School Asheville N C Executive Council Ed1tor 1n-chref Paul Ta1t Bus1ness Manager Herman Jackson Faculty Advzsor Mr Ed Toews Edltorlal Board Ass1stant Edxtor Bob Davls News Edlwl' Bob Monte1th Sp1r1tual L1fe Ed1tor M1lton P1epgrass Feature Edrtor Ben Bell Sports Ed1tor Paul Graham Reporters News Staff W1ll1am Koontz John Spangler Ph1l Ph1ll1ps Spiritual L1!e Sta!! Bud P1epgrass Clayton Br1dgman Feature Staff Arnold Brown Joe Shelton Dave Bell Sport: Staff Dan Mered1th Ph1l Wrrght Bob Webster Buamees Statt C1rculat1on Manager Stan Elefson T PISIS Larry Dav1s George Hxglnns P otographer Ben Bell Arhst Dave Webster lEdlfOIIBll Fr1ends faculty and student body th1s s r1 I celebrate the ann1versary of my twentxeth year a Sen1or at n 1ppen Through out the years I have seen students come and I have seen them go- some honorably and some dlshonorably I have seen l1ttle guys enter B L as seventh graders to graduate SIX years later some foot ball basketball and baseball stars others w1th br1ll1ant academlc ach1evements to grace the school records I have out stayed the best of my teachers and dur1ng th1s per1od Ben L1ppen has changed headmasters f1ve t1mes New bu1ldmgs have been erected and the campus has undergone a steady SETIES of 1mprovements wh1ch have made 1t among the most beaut1ful 1n Western North Carol1na Hence 1t IS w1th the vo1ce of exper1ence that I speak now of the Class of 50 Twenty years-hmm long tune' Class of 50-some class' Tuck er Graham I can st1ll see h1m pass1ng the pxgslun w1th the men 1n green-or fakm out ' Clayton Bell the suck1e we called h1m Jerry L11 Allan the Prnt S1ze Casanova Paul H1gg1ns the Kane tucky k1d w1th his backwoods accent and com cob p1pe- and all the other guys who made that memorable class Thev were promlnent 1n school pol1t1cs too some of those guys Paul H1gg1ns was Pres1dent of the Student Body Dav1d Bfldgmlh was Secreta Treasurer of the Student FY Counc1l and laved a lead 1ng part lh draw1ng up the new const1tut1on Clayton ell and Stan ley P1epgrass were on the Student Court It IS strangelv co1nc1dent that twenty vears after the1r gradua t1on they should f1gure so prom1nently aga1n th1s t1me 1n the news of the nat1on and the world It seems appropr1ate to stop and con slder B L s progress dur1ng the past twenty years to rev1ew brlefly the news of her alumn1 of 50 and to rem1n1sc of those davs gone by For th1s reason as ed1tor 1n-chxef I take the l1berty to dedlcate th1s rssue of L1ppen L1te to the members of the class of 50 wherever they are today 1n the1r sundry walks of l1fe Besxdes BHICICS condensed from th1s weeks news we feature a short summary of Ben LIDDGDS hlSt0l'V s1nce 1950 and a few m1s cellaneous memory collect1ons from that year COURT MARTIAL- 1Cont from page l col 41 en to death at the gangway 1n the fashron of the old Br1t1sh cap tams The men were horr1f1ed at th1s outrage but dared not pro test Two days out from base the Asheville ran 1nto heavy seas and the neglect of a seaman who left open the portholes 1n the gal ley caused the destruct1on of all the fresh vegetables and meat Order1ng a meetlng of the crew Elefson demanded a CODIESSIOD by the gu11ty man but no one spoke a word The crewmen fear ful of a repet1t1on of the former 1nc1dent refused to 1dent1fy the man ln a rage Elefson ordered the men back to the1r stat1ons prom1s1ng small rat1ons of dr1ed hernng and hard tack for the re ma1nder of the voyage to Bomeo Two months after arr1v1ng at Bomeo the exploratlon work was successfully f1n1shed Stxll 1n a bad temper because of a months delay Elefson dehberately dered the anchor we1ghed before an adequate supply of food had been stowed lh the larders Then he fltl0hEd the men strrctly Whenever a man turned up too weak for work he was conflned to the br1g on dr1ed herrmg and water In extreme cases the men rotested but were only ordered ack to work At last unable to bear cond1t1ons any longer the crew sent a delegatlon of off1ce1s headed by L1eutenant Comman der Yohn Chr1st1ansen to demand that the sh1p put 1n at Wake Is land the follow1ng day The Rear Admrral ordered the OIIICBFS beaten and chamed 1n the br1g Paul Ta1t for darmg to protest Neverthe less he d1d allow s1x hours at Wake for restocklng the sh1p Arr1v1ng at San D1ego last Sep tember a month late Elefson re CEIV9d a warm welcome from the Naval off1cers 1n charge of the base He was severely repr1 manded for h1s tardmess and promptly flown off to Wash1ng ton w1th h1s reports He found on arr1v1n2 that Yohn Chr1st1ansen was f1l1ng complamt w1th the Naval Court aga1nst h1m for cruelty and v1olat1on of the Na val Code wh1ch states that except for 1nsubord1nat1on dxsloyalty d1sobed1ence or mutxnous con duct no off1cer or seaman 1n the Navy may be confmed or beaten w1thout proper tr1al When answermg a reporters quest1on about why he was so brutal the off1cer re l1ed Iguess lt became 1ngra1n 1n me wh1le at Ben L1ppen my roommates and I were cont1nually flghflhg JUNIOR SENIOR DATE SEI' The Jun1or Class of Ben L1ppen School announces Mav 9th as the date for the Junlor Sen1or Ban quet GARGOYLE SOCKS Woven from Long Staple Cultured BAT FUR All Specuolly Treated mth Ant: Odorono GENTLEMAN'S UTOPIA Brlfmore Ave A f 'A ' , , MS, , y , fr ' . . 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E . 1 v 'SI' , ' Spmtuol Llfe 'IFC ORGANIZER BPBAKS Noted Youth for Chrut speaker and orgamzer Clayton Bell, stop ped here at Ben L1ppen Monday, Apr1l 20 and spoke at our fourth per1od chapel An alumnus of Ben L1 pen School Class of 50 Rev B lay ton Bell of Montreat N C IS known for h1s splendld work lh organ1z1ng YFC Chapters xn New Orleans La Mobrle Ala and Salt Lake C1ty Utah three of the toughest c1t1es 1n the Unxted States A dynamxc speaker w1th great ab1l1ty to hold the attentlon of vast crowds Clayton Bell IS very l1ke h1s brother 1n law B1lly Gra ham whose m1d centu cam pa1gns 1n Los Angeles an Boston sr: now be1ng duphcated by Rev Followmg h1S outstandmg Irve week campa1gn 1n the Queen C1ty Charlotte N C where he earne the tltle modern B1lly Graham Clayton Bell passed through Ashev1lle on h1s way to Memph1s Tenn where he plans to open a two week YFC campargn Sunday He stopped at Ben L1ppen hi! hlgh school alma mater and Headmaster Toews 1nv1ted h1m to speak to the student body durxng the chapel per1od Choosmg as h1s text the account of the Feedmg of the Fxve Thou sand as found rn John Clayton Bell aptly appl1ed It to the world s1tuat1on today He brought to our attentxon the st1ll unsupp11ed sp1r1tual need of the nat1ons ment1on1ng part1cularly the new awakenmg 1n Afr1ca and South Amer1ca Speakxng of the Unlted States he ment1oned the great work of Youth for Chr1st and Ch1'1st for Amer1ca organ1zat1on.s Rev Bell also recounted some of h1s recent experlences lh Char lotte as he dealt w1th many of those who came forward to ac cept Chr1st tell1ng of the hungry yes sp1r1tually starved people o our own country In closmg Rev Bell urged us to g1ve to the Master our talents however small that He m1ght take them as He dld the lads loaves and frshes and use them ID the break1ng of Bread to hun gry mUltltUdES Twenty Years Ago The Sen1or Class rall1ed from a drscouragmg S225 1n ads to S850 Wlthlh s1x weeks Toews leadmg 1nd1v1dual sales w1th over S200 The Student Counc1l drafted a comprehens1ve Const1tut1on fo the Student ASSOCIBIIOD Bell was dubbed Rebound Ex pert Br1dgman started the year w1sh1n for a wheelbarrow Ben lppen d1amond men wal loped Ashevxlle School IWICE 1n one week 9 3 and 25 15 H1gg1ns forsook squ1rrel hunt lh to load cameras for GEOFKIB be les' Return expert Toews bought and retumed two typewntexs one Brble one radxo one b1ll fold and a plnball machrne The Sen1or Class enjoyed the trad1t1onal second semester slump under brogans Elefxon thrived on a d1ed of dned herrxng and raw omons wh1le everyone else w1lted Bridgeman and P1epgrau con tem lated SUlCldE when collapse of t e Challenge seemed 1nev1ta c Whlle Ta1t sobbed Glfllh and Graham attempted to remedy 1-11 gins apparent dilemma regar mg Junior Sen1or but suffered an unexpected backf1re The third floor became notor1 ous for m1dnlght Jamborees f1re works track meets box1ng matches and baseball games Secret Casanova Duggan blush ed at the mBhllOh of a mystenous Lmda Coach Case and Lou1se Rhymer Engaged December 3 1949 Mar r1ed May 24 1950 Ben L1ppen was well on 1ts way to a Blue Rrdge Conference Cham pronshrp 1n baseball Carl Chastam boxed and played baseball almost as well as he pla ed hockey repgrass got lost lh a North Carolrna bllzzard Some of the senlors-upon oc cas1on enyoyed rldes ln Mr Basss truck and other veh1cles L 11 Allan became noted as the Sen1or Sluggarfdl on the baseball FACULTY BIOGRAPHY MR. EDWARD TOBWS Th1s 1ssue of L1ppen Llte fea tur1ng as 1t does news of alumn1 of the Class of 50 we thought It appropr1ate to place beSlde the other names of that memorable class another verv fam1l1ar to all of us here now Therefore 1n our bmgraphy sectron th1s t1me we lntroduce to our readers our Headmaster Edward George Toews On December 27 1932 1n UD per Darby Pennsylvan1a Ed ward George made h1s prem1er debut uoon l1fes great stage Born to L1lllan Eva and Gustav Peter Toews Edward was the youngest 1n a fam1ly of SIX Early lh l1fe he leamed that mama s1mply was not go1ng to let h1m have h1s own way-at least not at home team Ed entered school at Aldan Pennsylvama when he was four He progressed quxte stead1lv and 1n June 1947 was graduated from the Aldan Junlor Hugh to enter Upper Darbv H1gh School the followlng fall The summer of 1948 he became lnterested lh Ben L1ppen School through the IH fluence of former Coach Pat Pat terson so the fall of that year found Ed at B L makmg new fr1ends at a new school On Mav 26 1950 Edward was graduated from Ben L1ppen and he left to enter Wheaton 1n Seo tember Wh1le at Wheaton Ed malored lh Chrxstlan Educat1on w1th the VISION of a teacher s desk 1n the back of h1s m1nd A clever student 1n h1s f1eld Ed was graduated from Wheaton w1th honor Ih 1956 Feelmg that he needed further tramrng before takmg up his profess1on he en rolled 1n Penn State College for two years graduate work Upon the completlon of h1s post graduate work Professor Ed ward Toews accepted a pos1t1on as mstructor of Soc1al Sclences at a sen1or hlgh school rn Phrladel ph1a He had kept th1s pos1t1on for three years when he was of fered a place lh Stony Brook School He accepted and remaxn ed there for four years He was well l1ked by the bovs and he leamed to love them l1kew1se But 1n 1966 he felt led to ac cept Ben Lxppens offer to come south and teach at h1s Alma Mater He was welcomed 1nto our mldst as Instmctor of Soclal Sc1ences and Boys Counselor In 1968 he was appointed to the of f1ce of Dean and last year upon the rengnatlon of Mr Baker he was aopolnted to Headmaster As Headmaster Mr Toews has been one of the best l1ked th1s school has ever had A real frxend to us boys he IS always ready to s1t down and have a fr1endly chat or g1ve some sound advlce where 1t IS needed We f1nd mlrrored 1n h1m the depth and beauty of Chnst and h1s l1fe IS a constant testxmony of strong faxth and great power

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Tuesday Apr1l28 1970 Ltppen ne Page 3 USC APPOINTS GRAHAM AS HEAD COACH The news of Tucker Grahams accepttng the posttton of head football coach at the Untverstty of Southern Caltfornta came more or less as a surprtse to the casual reader of the sports page But to hts former classmates thts was pleasant and expected news Whtle a coach at Occtdental for two years Graham developed a super offense whtch combtned the power of the stngle wtng the trtcktness of the 'T and all the touchdowns needed to roll over opponents Though the 'T Stn gle Wtng combo has been used before none of them has ever been used wtth such powerful success as Graham s 'T W Whtle sttll a sentor at Ben Ltp pen School Tucker Graham show ed remarkable abtltty at handltng the ptgsktn from the quarterback slot and an excellent knowledge of the sport At the end of the football season Graham was chosen by a select group of coaches to parttctpate tn the 3rd annual Opttmtst Bowl Game tn Ashevtlle Though he wctghed only 145 lbs Graham held hts own and was pratsed by all as he led the West to a 26 6 vtctory over the Eastern All Stars by passtng for two touchdowns set ttng up one more and hts general ball handltng and fteld general shtp The followtng year on a full scholarshtp Graham went to N C State where due to an addt ttonal 15 lbs added durtng the summer he made ftrst strtng Freshman and showed such abtl N C S Varstty used the T rather than the Wtng Hts pass tng as tn htgh school was sttll superb and he led State to tts ftrst undefeated season tn 15 years Due to hts prowess on the fteld he made honorable mentton on AP and UP All Amertca The next summer he spent tn hts hometown of Los Angeles work tng out wtth the L A Dons Returntng to State the follow tng fall Graham conttnued hts remarkable play spurrtng the team on to 8 vtctortes and one tte the latter wtth Army And as the All Amertcas were rolled off the press Graham was on the vast matortty of second team ltsttngs Hts Sentor year was the ftnal great star tn hts football crown That year State was faced wtth the toughest opponents ever faced tn the htstory of the school some of whom were U of Mtchtgan Army and Notre Dame Weeks of hard practtce patd off and the opentng game wtth the U of South Caroltna was won wtth case The schedule got rougher as the season progressed but so dtd State and they conttnued thetr wtnntng ways by defeattng all opponents topptng off wtth a 13 0 vtctorv over the I-'tghttng Irtsh tn whtch game 'Tuck passed for one touchdown and handed off for the other It would be need less to say that he was a unam mous chotce for all All Amertcan ftrst teams Upon graduatton he tmmedtate ly stgned a ftve year contract wtth the Chtcago Bears at S25 000 a year and started out by breaktng most records set by the old ttme great Sltngtn Sammy Baugh of the Washtngton Red sktns He conttnued wtth the Bears for seven years and then accepted the head coachtng Job for the Freshman team of hts old! Alma Mater For two years Graham turned out wtnntng teams and then ac cepted the posttton as head coach at Appalachtan State Teachers College tn Boone N C At the texptratton of hts three year con tract at A S T C Graham went ftnto a two year research and study of football tacttcs offenstve and defenstve formatton At the end of thts pertod of study Graham then trted out hts techntque at Occtdental where he had such success that the U of Southern Cal tmmedtately start ed worktng on htm for hts stgna ture on a ten year contract at an enormous sum per year CONGRATULATIONS ' Tuck' Ole B L ts pulltng for you and we know that vou wtll lhave loads of success 1 Alumnus KOS lBud Jackson I I jam packed Madtson Squarc Garden Carl Chastatn kayocd Buddy Jackso to rettre from boxtng sttll 'toldtng thc ltghtwetght tttle At 38 Carl ts the oldest boxer on record to have rettred possesstng a boxtng CTOWH Carl took an easy vtctory off Jackson by kayotng htm tn 1 29 of the 9th round tn a 15 round ordeal Hts pneumattc drtll style left conttnued to serve htm tn pre partng Jackson for the ktll de spttt tts weakentng from age Chastatn states that he expects to rettre from acttve boxtng wtth the posstble exccptton of exhtbt tton bouts DONATION tCont from bagel col ll a place tn the Etnstetn Memortal Laboratory one of the foremost halls of sctence of that ttme He accepted the posttton and rematned there two years promtstng apprentice spectaltztng 1957 however Dr Hales atten tton was suddenlv drawn to the tndustrtal posstbtltttes of a newlv dtscoverd process whereby t was posstble to make the fur of the common bat suttable for weavtng tnto a soft strong cloth Whtle hts contemporartes stood around wondertng what to do wtth thetr marvel thts far stght ed daring young sctenttst tmme dtately began a sertes of expert ments by whtch he hoped ultt mately to develop a practtcal and efftctent method of sptnntng the fur tnto thread Hts ftrst attempts were failures but he doggedly conttnued hts work tn the face of bttterest dtsappotntment It was wtth a trembltng heart on June 13 1963 that Dr Hale opened tn the face of a scofftng publtc hts ftrst hostery mtll t whtch he tntended to use the new cloth for the manufacture of mens hose In the ftrst vear of Droductton the Gargovle Hostery Mtll produced 10000 patrs of socks made from espectally cul tured long staple bat fur and treated wtth a permanent antt odortzatton process httherto un known to the tndustry Once tt had gatned the conft dence of the publtc the product sold wtth such raptdtty as to FIECESSIYBIE BH l!TllTlEdl3lE IHCFEBSQ tn factory capacity Two gtant mtlls equtpped wtth the most modern machtnery have replaced the ortgtnal factory whtch ts now only a monument to a prodtgtous new tndustry After ftve years of operatton the company sold tn 1969 the staggertng amount of 51 000 000 patrs of Gargovle socks The problem of supplytng raw matertals now threatens to slow the tndustry at least, tempora rtly So far there are only twen tv seven great bat farms tn the Untted States most of them tn the southeast However tt has been found that bats may be successfully ratsed tn the Rock tes and west whtch fact may cause the tndustry to branc westward A phtlanthromc man Dr Hale TVIBRTY YEARS- ts ustng hts great wealth tn many ways for the good of others Be stdes generous gtfts to Chrtsttan work he has establtshed scholar Ashtp funds for sctence students tn ,many colleges and schools We apprectate better than we can expres Dr Hales ktnd gtft 'It ts through hts thoughtfulness Athat we are at last able to com plete payments on the new class room butldtng Ltttle Deacons Trounce Maroons In Exhibition In a fast movtng exhtbttton game the Ben Ltppen Deacons demonstrated thetr hard httttng las they rolled a ftghttng Lee Ed wards ntne 16 3 Phtl Wrtght pttchtng for the Ltppen men demonstrated hts amaztng control wtth the horse htde by allowtng only four htts whtle the Deacon barrage con nected wtth Jones dtsplay for nlneleill The Lttle Deacons exhtbtted thetr amaztng httttng power tn that each member of the team connected for Thts barrage Montetth who doubles and ttmes at bat were Meredtth at least one htt was led by Bob htt a stngle two a homer tn ftve Closely followtng and Chastatn who each connected for three htts tn four ttmes at bat Chastatn Mon tetth and Bell all scored home runs The game played on the Ben Ltppen dtamond began Lee Ed and three down Montetth htt a double and was brought tn by a second tn the bottom half mak tng the score 1 0 The Deacs collected two more runs tn the second as Morrtsett htt a double wtth two men on base The Maroon Devtls took thetr ftrst run tn the thtrd as Ross batted Jones tn Chastaxn clouted a homer tn the bottom half of the thtrd tnntng wtth two men on maktng the score 61 Lee Edwards second and thtrd runs came tn on a forced run and a Deacon error The Ltppen men stacked up ftve more runs as Bell slapped a second homer wtth the bases loaded and Chastatn followed sutt wtth the horsehtde satltng over rtght fteld In the bottom of the ftfth Meredtth htt a double brtngtng one man tn and agatn Montetth socked a two bagger wtth the bases loaded brtngtng tn two more to score Chastatn btngled for a stngle and Bell came tn on an overthrow In the last of the stxth Duncan was forced home on a walk and Morrtset came tn on a fourth Lee Edwards error The Maroon Devtls were held scoreless through the seventh gtvtng the 'Deacs a 16 3 vtctory tConttnued next column? tCont from page 2 col 41 for the advancement of the school After the payment of numerous debts blue prtnts were drawn up for the extenston of the north end of the m toward the east wtth a matn oor rtght off the parktng lot Thts three story brtck butld tng provtded for all the offices and class rooms and housed ex cellent laboratory factltttes some what relxevtng crowded condt ttons tn the matn butldtng whtch was then converted wholly tnto dormttory space excepttng the dtntng room and lobby etc The basement of the Dorm as tt ts now called was remodeled pro vtdtng for a student recreatton center tncludtng a more complete and modern store A fourth floor was also butlt onto the wtng of the Dorm provtdtng eleven more rooms In 1960 plans were drawn up for the other extenston of the gym gprovtdtng a swtmmtng pool and Iequtpment storage space 1 Durtng thts ten year pertod 'many tmprovements were made tn the grounds such as gradtng and extenston of the lawns and culttvatton of trees and shrub bevy In 1962 the 8350000 Program of Progress was tnstttuted wtth an tntttal fund of 8200000 havtng as tts purpose the completton of the athlettc ftelds and provtston of more luxurtous faculty apart ments Juntor Hall was torn down and tn September 1964 the new fac ulty apartment butldtng was opened for occupatton The fteld below the football fteld was purchased and convert ed tnto a baseball dtamond ten nts courts and an addtttonal fteld for non varstty acttvtttes larged and the hard surface was converted tnto a soft turfed grtd tron A uarter mtle track was marked o f around the fteld The banks around the fteld were con verted tnto grandstands ot form a horseshoe shaped bowl Along wtth these tmprovements and extenstons the enrollment has tncreased to 150 ptcked stu dents from all over the country many the sons of alumm Box Score Ben Ltppen Morrtsett Meredtth Bell 3b Montetth Chastatn Macbeth Duncan Allan 2b Wrtght p Lee Edwards c f lf Ross lf Gassoway ss Angus lb Plemmons cf Rector 3b Banquo c Evans 2b Wallts rf Jones p SO W Wtnntng Pttcher Wrtght Lostng Pttcher-Jones SATU RDAY S P E C l A L The New Soptentum Splut with Tan Talum Sauce Cruxbed Xeropbyze Nuts lSpectol from Morsl DUGGAN S HOT DOG JOINT Unc Ken s Hangout 210 PATTON AVE AiA. 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LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT We the Sen1or Class of 1950 bemg of sound body and m1nd do hereby wxll and bequeath th1s our Last Wlll and Testament to the rema1n1ng students of Ben L1ppen School w1th the hope that they w1ll str1ve as we strove to uphold the standards and trad1t1ons of the School and parucularly the Semor Class To the r1s1ng Sen1or Class we the Class of 50 do w11l and bequeath the honor respons1b1l1ty and prest1ge of the graduatmg class To the r1smg Sen1or Class we also leave the spec1al pr1v1leges the leadershlp of the school xn all phases of l1fe and the f1nanc1al expense of bemg sen1ors Furthermore to the r1s1ng Sen1or Class we leave our peerless record of good behavlor hxgh scholastxc ach1evements and excellent athletlc ab1l1t1es that they may seek to uphold them 1nsomuch as IS humanly poss1 b e Jerry Caz bo Allan leaves h1s lxne to Dave W1lson h1s physxque to Hatch Clayton Bell leaves h1s suct1on to jackson Dav1d Brldgman leaves h1s glasses to Coach for use on the basketball court the Challenge edltorshxp to some poor Wretch Carl Chastaxn remams yet a Whlle Kenneth Duggan leaves h1s sweet soft spoken personallty to Davls Mxlton Elefson leaves h1s dr1ed herrmg and omon sandw1ches to Bob Wr1ght joe G1tl1n leaves h1s vocabulary to Bob Wr1ght Tucker Graham leaves h1s good looks and appeal to the femmae to Henry Phllllps h1S handlxng of the p1g sk1n to Morr1sett h1s pos1t1on as one of Boots Budd1es to someone 1n need and h1s warts to Parks Ted Hale leaves h1s lead sold1ers to Bobby Hansen he leaves an A1r W1Ck 1n h1s room Paul H1gg1ns leaves Ben Lxppen f1nally at last He leaves a httle of h1S frustrat1on to Hacker h1S expanslve knowledge of women to Bob jackson who really needs It Stanley P1epgrass leaves h1s brams ln Engl1sh grammar to Ph1l Mere d1th h1s 1mm1grant grease to Kenneth the Wmdy Whltlock Paul Ta1t leaves the hopes Ed Toews leaves h1s typewr1ter for someone to trade back to the deal er h1s dr1v1ng ab1l1ty to Coach . . . 7 1 .r 9 y 1 1 1 . . . , . n 1 l D ' J 9 J 1 , - U - ss . . . I . . 1 - nn - vw , . , . . . i . . U . . ,, . . . . . 1 y u 1 . 11 - I - , . . . I ,, . 1 . nu . . , '. 1 , . - ' - an- - vo an - us - 1 a ' , .