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

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JAMES MING James Leong lCharliel Ming, Jr. was born on March 31, 1937, in Bakersfield, California. After moving to Los Angeles he came to Black-Foxe in the year 1951. Perhaps the greatest exponent of highbrow and subtle humor he never laughs except at the best of iokes and usually looks down land rightly sol on the rest of the seniors who indulge in pranks they first learned in the seventh grade. But then don't underestimate Charlie, as some of his humorous stories for the school paper have received great acclaim. Standing five feet five inches and weighing 130 pounds Charlie includes foreign newspapers, short wave, piano, and writing as his main hob- bies and interests. iii I 42 A great defender of Formosa Charlie can usually be heard arguing with someone over that question. Around school he likes U.S. History and liter- ature as favorite school subiects. Our most sophisticated senior Charlie has risen to second lieutenant in the band where he re- liably plays the bass sax. He has also earned three good conduct medals. He has won the Time's Current Affairs contest once and the Talent Tourney twice along with a couple of honorable mention in same. Now living at 110 West 119th St. in Los An- geles Charlie hopes to attend the University of Southern California and maior in political science.

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RICHARD MEYER In the year 1952 a tall lfive foot ten inchl boy wandered aimlessly through the great halls and murals of the telephone office. His name, Richard Allan Meyer, born in Ponca City, Oklahoma, on January 18, 1938. Since humor is the main characteristic of this year's seniors Rich is a good example. His iokes in physics relieve the accepted boredom of that dry subiect. ln iournalism they only add to the great hysteria in that class. ln his short 17 years Rich has acquired such hobbies as fishing, coins, and basketball. ln the academic department his favorites range from U.S. History to English. twszse,....a.. -' Now residing at 502 Windsor Blvd., in Los Angeles, he plans to travel back east to attend college. Wooster College in Ohio to be exact. He plans to take up business administration. On the military side Parsons has gone from private to corporal to sergeant to lieutenant to captain of C company. He has two good con- duct medals and one President's medal and one Harry H. Gaver, Jr. award. ln sports he has acquired one varsity basket- ball and two varsity baseball letters. He also has earned two J.V. basketball letters. Parsons has won an Honorable Mention in the 1953-54 Talent Tourney and is at present a member of the inactive Activitiy Committee. 41

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His sense of humor is well seen by his taking a kidding and his giving out of same. Although he loves fun a little too much sometimes, he can always be counted on to give out with a good ex- cuse. Standing at five feet nine and weighing 160 pounds Norb's hobbies range from athletics, wa- terskiing, cars and finally to records. His custom fire-engine red '54 Ford has won many trophies while also turning some terrific times out at the drags. Geometry, iournalism, and public speaking lsand-pile, tool are his most liked subiects. In military department he has one conduct rib- bon lan oversightl and the attainment of Ser- geant-Maior lsoft iobl. Norb resides at 312 N. Citrus in L. A. He plans on going to Pomona lhe tried Stanford but decided it didn't have a good enough football teaml and take up business administration. NCRBERT CJRENS The class vice-president came to B-F first in 1947 and then returned in 1949. Born in Vienna, Austria, on July 16, 1937, Norbert Orens has proved himself very successfully. Norb, as one can see, is a very aggressive person, especially when it comes to athletics. He has earned three varsity letters in football, plus rating as this year's All-Prep League back. He also has the teams Most Valuable Back and Most Valuable Player awards. Norb has two varsity letters in basketball and three in baseball, letters in J.V. basketball and swimming, J.M.L. letters in baseball, basketball, track, and swimming round out his athletics. iam.- 43