Blair Academy - Acta Yearbook (Blairstown, NJ)

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6, Bninrs Pwszfdcwzt. . , . . . . . . . .CARLTON R. MCNAMARA V'l'CC-Pfl'C5'l'Cfc'Ilf ......... . .JOHN FINLEY BORDEN I SUf1'c'fa1'y amz' TrU11.s'111'c1'. .' ........... CYRIL B. MARTIN JOHN NORMAN XXBBOTT XVILLIAM CHIDSEY IIXRMSTRONG HAMILTON DODGE EXVERY THEODOR XV ALTER BARCLAY., JR. BLAIR BIRDSALL GILBERT V. BECKER JOIIN FINLAY BORDEN GEORGE FLOING BRADSHAW LAWRENCE EDVVARD BROWN ALBERT HENRY CAESAR, JR. LAHRENCE DIILLETT CARI-IART FRANK :XUGUSTUS CLEMENT GEORGE DOUGLAS COCKCROFT FREDERICK CHANDLER CODDINGTO XVILLIAM XVARREN CRAWFORD CLIFFORD MILTON CUBBISON, JR. ROBERT IRVING CURRAN, JR. HARRY DOWIE DEXVINTER ALFRED CHRISTIAN EBERSTALLER ALBERT MILTON GRAFMUELLER EDWARD GRANVILLE-SMITH TIMOTHY GRANT GRIFFING BIANASSES JACOB GROVE CHARLES FRAZER HADLEY, JR. HERBERT ERIC HAMMERTON JAMES FOSTER HARDY JOSEPH XVATSON IEIOAGLAND LOUIS VAL HOOD VVARREN LESLIE PIUNTER J-A MES WJ ALTER LOVATT BRUCE XVESTON NIACOMBER CYRIL B. MARTIN PAUL HARDING MCCORMICK CARLTON R. MCNAMARA THOMAS IQILL NIUNRO, JR. JOHN STUART QGILVIE, JR. FLOYD BANCROFT PARSONS HARRY MCDONALD PAXSON BERTRAM F. PIERSON, JR. EXRT H UR BENJAMIN PURSELL DAVID ALBAUGH RICI-IARDSON 15 VVILLARD RINEHART BYRON GEORGE ROMERO JAMES MADISON SANDT PIERMAN HENRY SCHNEPEL, J BENJAMIN DURLAND SEARS XVILLIAM 'CARVER SHEPHERD., E. RAY SIMONS, JR. GEORGE LXBRAM SMITH STANLEY BUYERS SMITH JAMES PENTLAND STEWART VVILFRED BLANCH TALMAN EDVVARD XNILLIA M TARBY EDVVARD DONALD TOLLES, JR EOUIS LEE VOIGUJ, JR. EDVVARD BACON XVI-IEATLEY ELLIOTTE STANGE XNILLIAMS LAWRENCE DAVID XVOOD IEOUIS EMMONS XTERKES ALEXANDER ULIVER YOUNG HARVEY TORRENCE YOUNG

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we 1 Xl? NX l llx, Xi i uw XR - -rv. 3. lx .K . , 2,4- K- - sift s. Q, . . Qzwly, ' Mizffv 241239593 - Cigizturig nf the Gllaiai:-i nf 1924 XVILFRED B. TALMAN CLASS whose records and whose achievements shall live for- ever in the annals of Blair, a class whose memory cherishes the thought of happy days spent upon her beautiful campus: a class whose time has come to say goodbye to the encircling hills, azure skies and stately halls of Alma Mater-the Class of l924. Four or five fleeting years have made many changes in our ranks. Members have dropped out and others have been added until our present roll contains the largest number of graduates in Blair's history. A little more than a year ago, on June 4, 1923. the Junior class met for the purpose of organization, and the history of the Class of 1924 began. Odicers were elected, plans were made, and the class received the Senior privileges from the Class of 1923, who stood then, as we stand now, at the gateway of the world. with their school days stretching out in endless vistas of memory behind them. September came. new members were added to the roll, and the Class of 1924 held the time-honored position and privileges of Seniors. Meet- ings were held immediately, rings were selected and ordered, and the class settled down, with the rest of the school, to hard study in the some- what humble atmosphere of Recitation Hall, used for class-rooms since the burning of Clinton Hall in December, 1922. The Acta Board, the group of students who attend to the publica- tion of the annual year book, was appointed after the Christmas holi- days, and at once commenced to compile the volume which preserves the records and achievements of our class. The reconstruction of Clinton Hall having been completed, we moved in during the early part of March with a prayer of thankfulness that these ivy-covered walls, through which so many generations of Blair have passed, were restored to their former beauty. Not just the same, perhaps, to those who had spent many years at Blair, but beautiful never- theless, and a permanent monument to Alma Mater. Some time later, shortly after the Spring Vacation, it was decided to wear a distinguishing uniform consisting of sailor trousers, blue shirts, and white caps and ties. At this time, also, the Senior gift to the school was decided upon by the class. Un the evening of ,Tune the ninth the annual Senior Prom was held in the gymnasium, attended by a large crowd. All who patronized the informal affair enjoyed themselves immensely, entertained by the dancing, the music furnished by the Blair Orchestra, and the refreshments. The Senior Banquet, that sad yet joyful occasion of bidding one another farewell at the end of a year replete with happiness, was held on June the third. The heart of every Senior seemed full, at this time, with a sense of overwhelming sadness that made him think how, in years to come, he would remember this scene with tears in his eyes. Music and food, toasts passed back and forth, and general good-fellow- ship helped to dispel the melancholy of the affair and all entered into the spirit of the last gathering with happiness. Tomorrow Blair shall know us as students no more. Tomorrow we enter upon our new privileges as alumni, joining the ever-increasing tide of those whom Blair has endowed with knowledge and wisdom for three- score and sixteen years. And it is then that we shall look upon these gray, ivied walls, these arched skies, in a new light. In days to come we shall remember these ever in our dreams. And as our lives continue. approaching nearer and nearer to the sunset, we shall keep the old Blair memories, and, in thought if not always in deed, come back and spend the days in the same old way.