Black Foxe Military Institute - Adjutant Yearbook (Los Angeles, CA)

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THORNE GRAY The Black-Foxe swim team if noted for noth- ing else will always be remembered for being al- most completely blind. Thorne Barr Gray, aged 17 has the distinction of being one of the two most blind. Born August 30, 1937, in Grand Rapids, Michigan, two eyes stands five feet ten and a half and weighs in at 165 pounds. This senior is well known for his wit and witty poetry. Thorny as he is called has earned four varsity swim letters and one football. His pet event is the 200 yd. free style and for four years he has doggedly kept at it. He has also earned a J.V. letter in swimming after having stag- gered into our school in 1949. Thorne being not only blind is also very quiet and commanding. He is our class president and captain of A company. pu? Never known to anger quickly he considers geometry, U.S. History, and English as his favorite subiects and writing as his main hobby. He has won the Talent Tourney three times and Honorable Mention twice. His regular poetic column can always be seen in the school paper except when the editors misplace it. Three conduct medals and a captains rank make up his military career. ' A good organizer Thorne was on the Activity Committee in the 11th grade and has since had his hand in most of the senior activities such as dances and the Adiutant in which he wrote our prophecy. He plans to do post-graduate work at Exeter high in the east and eventually to take up writing or geology in college.

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In every class there are the characters, the ones who enioy humor and fun more than usual. This year there are many characters and one of the more prominent is one Philip Sycip Dee who ap- peared on this world on July 31, 1936, in Manila, Philippines. Although small, five feet five and one hundred and 'forty pounds, Phil more than makes up for his lack of size by his tremendous energy, where fun is concerned. No matter what class he is attending Phil constantly keeps it in stitches with his murderous English and his Phillippine jokes. D is an avid player of golf and his in- terest in basketball. His other interest we will mention since he has so few girls. PHILIP DEE Scholastically Phil takes a great liking to U.S. History and can't understand why poetry has to be memorized since in his words: Come here to get education, not learn poetry! As of the moment he lives at 55 Williams St., Pascey City, Philippines. Since this is his first and last year at B-F Phil hasn't had time to pile up athletic honors. But he has earned a J.V. letter in basketball. Phil's great conflicts with Omar's cat and one Gordon C. have ben vastly publicized. He plans to attend Wheaton College in ll linois and study industrial engineering.

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EMMETT GUISE This water-logged individual has numerous athletic trophies and honors also. Some of them are Varsity swim letters, All-American in swim- ming, the Most Inspirational Swimmer trophy for 1953-54, co-captain of the swim team, a Varsity letter in football, and J.M.L. letters in baseball, basketball, swimming, and track. Out on the drill field, this affable crew-cut fellow has risen from the ranks to command the respect and freindship of cadets in his own pla- toon, which he heads as a first lieutenant. After these many achievements, Buster cer- tainly deserves to rest when he reaches his adobe at 1716 N. Fuller Ave. in those woods of holly. While soaking in the California sun- shine, he is apt to forget that 18 years ago on March 15, 1937, in Akron, Ohio lEmmett claims that Cleveland is a suburbl was the day he joined the human race. H For ten years, Emmett Ellery Guise has been strolling under the sycamoresf' Carnegie Tech, in Pittsburgh, is the next stop for this talented bog who plans to study aeronautical engineering lOr- ville and Wilbur-bewarell Studying the historical facts about the United States, doing exciting scientific experiments, and solving puzzling puzzles in math are his favorite school activities. His hobbies-writing, stamp collecting, aero- nautics, swimming, and baseball-have assisted him in accumulating many coveted awards and po- sitions. ln the literary field, he has won first and second places in the annual Talent Tourney, the Times Current Affairs contest twice, and been fea- tures editor of the Kay-Det and the efficient and hard-working co-editor of this year's Adiutant. 35