Berkshire School - Trail Yearbook (Sheffield, MA)

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101 E IOR CL Five years ago a surly mob headed by a scrawny little blond boy named Tom c'I'll get to Miss Hall's if it kills mei' Storrs marched plain- tively up the long trail to Mem III mumbling a primitive African war chant. Others included Pete 'tthe peopleis choice Whitridge who brandished a hockey stick, 'iDangerous Dave Francis, who brandished a Latin book, and Scudder uhooksn Smith who brandished c'Daugerous Davef, In the back of the line was an unmentionable who didn't make it up the hill. These four proved to be the foundation of the class whose experience this book commemorates. In the following year 'gSpide,'l and Al, and his brother Toby, Grumbling Greg Hartswick, and Ken the photog, also joined the mob in their plots to burn the school and drive Dudley dizzy. Slowly the years passed by and others joined the group. Each year the class took a more im- portant part in the life of the school. By the third SS HI TORY year some varsity players were among their ranks, and last year the leaders prepared to take over the leadership of the school as well. As they matured the class became one that Berkshire could well be proud of. Led by its president, Tom Storrs, they did much to uphold the traditions of the school, and their members began to excel in athletics, studies, and extra- curricular activities. The top scholars, Dave Francis, Ralph Kaplan, Dave Gillis, and others, have compiled records which would be appreciated by any college in the nation, and more members of the class will attend Harvard in the fall than any other class has sent to that august institution. '53 produced such outstanding athletes as Charlie Berry, captain and guiding light of the football team, Tom Storrs and Peter Whitridge, both out- standing in three sports, and Scudder Smith, who was captain of two major sports, soccer and track. I im McCurrach did a very creditable job as editor

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U23 DONALD BRUCE ABELSON Abe J. V. Football IVQ Football Vg J. V. Hockey IV, V. A lover of the indoors and a superb sleeper, who misses breakfast at least once a week, Abe has been a prime moti- vator of the Berkshire Sunday Game of Chance, Inc., and in his quiet way he has led one and all to believe that the most beautiful girls all come from Long Island. ANTHONY AUSTIN - 'Tonya :'Hum.phrey,' Soccer Ill, IV, Vg Trail Squad IIIQ I. V. Hockey IVQ I. V. Basketball IVg Track IV, Vg Dome IV, V. Our grinning friend from the Far East earns his pocket money posing for physical culture magazines. Never neglecting his mind, Tony delights in provolking arguments so he can back his opponent into a corner. Whatever Humphrey does in later life, he will do it in a big way.