Brooks School - Bishop Yearbook (North Andover, MA)

Text from Pages 1 - 56 of the 1939 volume:

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Contributing Editors JOHN LEB. TURNER JOHN E. THAYER NORMAN S. MACKIE, JR. CHESTER H. PLIMPTON Faculty Advisor WILLIAM YALDEN-THOMSON CONTENTS PAGE EDITORIAL 7 PICTURES OF THE GRADUATING CLASS 8 FOOTBALL . 15 HOCKEY 16 BASEBALL . 17 CREW . . . 18 THE MEDE-PERSIAN CREW SERIES 21 MISSIONARY SOCIETY REPORT 22 BISHOP 23 ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION REPORT . 24 GROUND BREAKING POEM 26 MUSIC 1938-1939 28 EXCHANGES 34 Issued four times a year in November, February, April, and June by students of BROOKS Sci-fool., North Andover, Massachusetts Two and a Hay' Dollar: Prr Year Entered as second-class matter, April 27, 1931, at the post oH'ice at Lawrence, Mass., under the Act of March 3rd, 1879 EDITORIAL T is well-nigh impossible to consider even a summary of events of the last school year, for there have at no time been so many violent and abrupt chapters added to the world's history. Even those of us who seldom read much more than the Herald funnies have been made inescapably aware of the extraordinary position of the world today. There is, ifI remember correctly, only one war going on at the present moment, but there are others smouldering continually. Armed invasions have ceased to mean very much to the average person because they are no longer uncommon, and although they are painfully relevant to each of us, there is little to be done except pray. The most hopeful aspect of the situation is the Way in which several serious crises have been averted. At school we are hardly affected by exterior happenings. If some particu- larly unfortunate piece of news comes in the morning paper, we are apt to read as much ofit as is on the first page and then, being confused by the page where it is continued, we turn to the back of the paper and read about the Dragon Lady. A very unfavorable tax may make us think how it will irritate the family, but all this is so filtered in real effect that we live a life extremely cloistered from Hitler and Japan. As a matter of fact, I can see little harm in not knowing the intimate details of every invasion, the map is changing so fast anyway that the knowledge that one acquires today is soon outmoded by the manoeuvers of tomorrow. Perhaps it is blatantly original to say that it is not necessary to read the newspapers far more than we do. Usually, with a slight concession to the headlines and the funnies, we are told that it is wasting an invaluable oppor- tunity to read only these sections of the paper and the sport section. For some people this is true, but those individuals who would profit from a thorough understanding of current events probably are already well acquainted with them. It is in school and college that we are most able to disregard the worry and pain of the world at large. We must be separated a certain amount from the world, merely from the nature of such a school as this is. Therefore, why worry more than is necessary about the troubles which are absolutely im- possible for us to nullify? Certainly if there were anything to be done, it would be a completely different story. 7 HUGH GAYLE BAYNE New Orleans, Louisiana Yale June 27, 1920 Entered Second Form 1935 Dramatic Association '39 Associate Editor BISHOP '38 News Editor BISHOP '39 Choir '36, '37, '38 Football '38 Hockey '38 JOSEPH SMITH BIGELOW, III 1 Cohasset, Massachusetts Harvard August 18, 1921 Entered Third Form 1935 Dramatic Association '39 , Associate Editor BISHOP '38 4 - . Editor-in-Chief B1sHoP '39 Orchestra '36, '37, '38, '39 Second highest average in Form '36, '38 Football '38 l JOHN BEAUMONT CHAFFEE Providence, Rhode Island Yale June 1, 1920 Entered First Form 1933 Senior Prefect Form Secretary '36, '37, '38 Missionary Society '37, '38 Second in Form '34, '37 Captain Football '38 Hockey '39 Football '36, '37, '38 C Y i ! s Xe' - Second in Form '36 G . an LEWIS STACKPOLE DABNEY Medfield, Massachusetts Harvard March 30, 1922 Entered Second Form 1934 Dramatic Association '39 Choir '35, '36, '39 Football Insignia '39 M nfm Baseball '38, '39 Q-:xgY5'ArN 371. !i 'i 'lui STEPHEN METCALF DANFQJRTH Providence, Rhode Island Yale December 6, 1919 Entered Second Form 1933 Whitney House Prefect Choir '34 Dance Committee '39 Football '38 Hockey '37, '38, '39 Crew '37, '38, '39 Captain Crew '39 Squash Team '39 HENRY HAMILTON FORSTER Garrison on the Hudson, New York Harvard September 20, 1921 Entered First Form 1933 Choir '34, '39 3464-JY-1.1 K 25'1Sdl51, DAVID EATON GLASS Greenwich, Connecticut Harvard Entered Fourth Form 1936 Dramatic Society '39 Football '36, '37, '38 Hockey '37, '38 Crew '38, '39 Crew Insignia '37 PARKER BROWN FRANCIS, III Kansas City, Missouri Harvard May 28, 1921 Entered Fourth Form 1936 Associate Editor BISHOP '38 Business Editor BISHOP '39 Football '38 Hockey '33, '39 Baseball '38, '39 Squash Team '38, '39 President Athletic Association '39 August 9, 1921 l E Louis HAsBRoUcK Ogdensburg, New York Trinity November 11, 1919 Entered Second Form 1934 Football Insignia '38 Crew '35 A Manager Crew '39 10 WVILLIAM GRACE HOLLOWAY, JR. Old Westbury, New York Columbia Business Extension Entered Fourth Form 1936 School Prefect Football '38 jj. Hockey '37, '39 Baseball '38, '39 Squash Team '37, '39 Squash Champion '39 OLIVER AMES PARKER North Easton, Massachusetts Harvard Entered First Form 1933 Gardner House Prefect ' l M-gq--0 Chapel Assistant Q 3 Dramatic Association '38, '39 Vice-President Dramatic Association '39 Choir '33, '34 Dance Committee '37 Football '37, '38 Hockey '38, '39 Baseball '36, '37, '38, '39 Captain Baseball '39 September 7, 1918 .In L l PETER ISELIN New York City Harvard August 22, 1920 Entered Second Form 1934 Dramatic Society '39 4 I , Camera Club '38, '39 Second highest average in Form '34, '39 August 7, 1920 11 VVILFRED ROLFE SHRIGLEY, JR. Marblehead Neck, Massachusetts Harvard May 15, 1921 E 1Th' a F 1935 - f ,Q 6:52559 m.,,c1iw1. Swwve. if Soccer Insignia '38 Captain Persians '39 FRANCIS MINOT RACKEMANN, JR. Boston, Massachusetts Trinity August 24, 1919 Entered Third Form 1934 Dramatic Association '38, '39 Camera Club '38 K' , I U. Crew Insignia '37 ' Crew '39 of HENRY SPRAGUE STURGIS, JR. Cedarhurst, New York May 31, 11920 Third Form 1934 Dramatic Association '39 Secretary Camera Club '39 Football '39 12 I ARTHUR NICHOLSON TURNER Norwalk, Connecticut Yale April 17, 1921 Entered Third Form 1935 Peabody House Prefect Dramatic Association '38, '39 Associate Editor BISHOP '39 Choir '38, '39 l,..D50 Orchestra '36, '37, '38, '39 First in Form '36, '37, '38 Crew '39 M Captain Soccer '36, '37, '38 . ',, 5 JOHN HILL TYNER Greenwich, Connecticut Yale June 3, 1920 Entered Second Form 1934 Form Councillor '37, '38, '39 Dramatic Association '36, '37, '38 Dance Committee '39 Football '37, '38 Co-Captain Football '38 Hockey Manager '39 Crew Insignia '37 Crew '39 , l 'gP,rf,i'-'-f'f..' 6-1 x ,, ' Dsrokasr VAN SLYCK, JR. Cedarhurst, New York Yale May 17, 1921 Entered Third Form 1935 Dance Committee '38 Chairman Dance Committee '39 Football '36, '38 Baseball '38, '39 Squash Team '39 Captain Medes '39 13 Y EDWARD VVINSLOW WARE, JR. Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts Trinity October 11, 1919 Entered Second Form 1934 Associate Editor BISHOP '38 Literary Editor BISHOP '39 M LJJQJLQA Football Manager '38 GEORGE HENRY VVARREN, III New York City Harvard June 17, 1920 Entered First Form 1933 Russell House Prefect Form Councillor '36, '37, '38 Missionary Society '38, '39 President Missionary Society '39 Dramatic Association '35, '36, '37, '38, '39 President Dramatic Association '39 Highest average in Form '39 pg Baseball '37, '38, '39 DQR-'Glu m Chapel Assistant '38, '39 -N 14 FOOTBALI, Hli team returned from summer vacation in fairly good condition, and after two weeks of practice under our new coach, Mr. jackson, defeated Rivers School 20 to 0. This game showed much room for improvement, and the squad settled down to some hard practice. XYe lost a hard game to Groton 19 to 6 and the next week lost another close one to Noblels 13 to 6. ln both these games the team seemed unable to get started before the second half. The Brown 8: Nichols game was lost the next week by a score of 14-0. The Middlesex game came next, and things looked anything but hopeful. .-Xt the end of the first half Brooks trailed by a score of 13 to 0, and it looked like another Noble's game. The team rallied, however, and played really in- spired football, winning the game 18 to 13 despite numerous injuries. The team entered the Belmont game greatly weakened by injuries and, after leading 7 to 0, succumbed to a powerful Belmont running attack, losing the game 20 to 7. The players would like to congratulate Coach Jackson on the excellent job he did with the squad, and wish Carhart, next year's captain, a successful season. . , , . ' tl. LHAlfri:1c, Ca-Crzplzzm J. '1iYNER, C0-Cfzptaizz I5 HOCKEY N unusual winter filled with epidemics, lack of ice, and plenty of snow at the wrong time made the full Hockey schedule impossible. The first game was an informal one with Johnson High which Brooks won by a narrow margin of 2 to 1. Noble and Greenough's fast skating team beat us 5 to 1. A better team played against Riversg but was only able to squeeze through with a 2 to l victory. Then came midyears, immediately followed by a disastrous epidemic of grippeg a few days afterwards the measles stepped in and took most of those who had survived the grippe. On the day of a scheduled game there were only four out of a squad of fifteen who were able to wield sticks. lt was fairly obvious that no more games could be played, so the games with Andover, Middlesex, Governor Dummer, and Belmont were cancelled. Although the season was short, a great deal of credit should be given to Mr. Morse, for he developed a strong team by the third game. lf all the games could have been played, I think we would have had a successful season. We all wish those of us graduating the very best of luck with hockey in college. A. S. CARHART, AIR., Czzptzziu I6 BASHBALI, HH team found difficulty in the beginning of the season because of the lack of experienced material. After defeats at the hands of johnson Andover, St. lX'lark's, and Belmont, the coaches began to experiment with various combinations for a more satisfactory infield. The Rivers game, which Brooks won l-1-2, seemed to afhrm the shift, and the next game with Groton showed the team capable of unknown powers. Groton won the game only through her heavy hitting. The Noble's game was of the same type, but was lost in a bad sixth inning. For the last game of the season the team had another try at Belmont, who had won the first game 30-4. Until the fourth inning Brooks trailed 5-l, but the inning finished with Brooks ahead 10-5g we held this lead for five innings to win 12-7. The game came as a fit reward for Mr. Wilder's and Mr. Ashburn's conscientious coaching, not to mention snow white Jackson and Mr. Morse. .Although we defeated only Country Day, Rivers, and Belmont, the improve- ment shown by this team in the last four games and the victory over Belmont the first in Brooks baseball, made the season more successful than had been hoped for. 3 3 OLIVER A. PARKER, Capmin 17 CREW lfTli',R spring vacation the crew squad returned to find the lake still covered with ice. ln fact we were not able to begin rowing in the two new shells which were given to us until April 15. However, by May 6 the first crew' bow, Danforthg 2, Glassg 3, Carhartg stroke, Chacee and a second crewebow, Shrigleyg 2, Turnerg 3, Rackemanng stroke, Tynere met Noble's and St. lVlark's on the Charles. The second crew was narrowly defeated by Noble's, but the first crew won by a narrow margin. The following week both crews defeated Groton and Belmont at Brooks. ln the second race at Brooks on May 20, the first two crews had a fairly easy victory over St. Georges After another week of practice, during which the first crew broke a course record, the two crews journeyed to Boston again to compete in the Schoolboy Regatta. The second crew won by a length over liixeter and St. Georges, and the first crew was equally successful over South Kent, lixeter, Buffalo and St. Georges, in that order. This brought to a close a most successful undefeated crew season. The success of this season is principally due to Mr. Kingsbory's coaching skill and untiring perseverance. We all wish Charlie Chace, next year's captain, the very best ofluck. S. M. DANFORTH, Captain 18 THE CREW SEASON S this year rounds out the tenth year of rowing at Brooks, it seems ap- propriate to summarize the development of the sport during that time. We began rowing in the spring of 1930, with two new Davey barges and a tub. All of these boats are still in service, though somewhat patched and bat- tered. That year we raced the lower crews of several other schools and fared only indifferently. The following year we bought two old shells and succeeded in turning out an undefeated crew. This so encouraged us that the following year we started rowing against the first crews of Noble's, St. Mark's, Exeter, and, about a year later, St. George's. These have been our regular rivals ever since. That first year, and the following one were not at all successful, and we won practically no races. It was in 1934, I think, that we were given a pair of new Williams boats and we began to provide some of the older rowing schools with real competition. We lost only to Noble's that year. For the following three years, the first crew was undefeated. In 1938 several members of the first crew had some trouble with crabs and we lost two races, but this year the first crew was again undefeated. ln 1937 and again this year we were presented with a pair of Valentine boats which have been very satisfactory and for which we are extremely grateful. During the past ten years, Brooks crews have met 91 other crews and have defeated 72 of them, and during the past five years the first crew has de- feated 33 out of 36 opponents, winning the Interscholastic Regatta on the three occasions that it has been entered. The 1939 season began with work on the machines commencing shortly after Washington's Birthday and continuing until the end of the Winter Term. VVhen school reopened after the Spring vacation, we were distressed to find the lake still frozen over. However, we were soon able to get the float set out in its proper place and began dodging ice Hoes in one of the barges. This went on for several days, and it was not until nearly a fortnight had elapsed that we were able to go out in shells. The material was very good, bow and three were back from last year's first crew, and stroke and three from last year's second crew, as well as a number of promising oarsmen from the club crews. Chace went in at stroke, Carhart and Danforth kept the same positions they had held last year, and Glass was changed from a three man to a two. The first crew, with Jane- way at cox, rowed together in that order for the rest of the season. The problem of choosing a second crew was far more difiicult. There were eight oarsmen, all of whom seemed to be very nearly of equal caliber who were competing for places in the second boat. For the first week or so a large number of the six hundred odd possible arrangements were tried, bnt none seemed to be outstanding. Finally the best line-up seemed to be Tyner, Rackemann, Turner, Shrigley, and Merle-Smith, cox. This crew rowed against Noble's and St. Mark's, and, after leading for the first half mile, was unable to meet the 19 Noble's sprint at the finish, and lost by one second. The same day, the first crew defeated Noble's by one second. Despite its narrow defeat, this crew ap- peared to be definitely faster than any other second crew that could be boated so it was kept intact for the rest ofthe season, and won all its remaining races. After the Noble's and St. Mark's race, we rowed Groton and Belmont Hill, both of whom were rowing in fours for the first time this season. That race was at home and should have been rowed over our regular three-quarter- mile course. However, by the time the crews were ready to start the water was so rough that the course was unrowable. After chasing all over the lake in an effort to find some smooth water, the race was finally rowed over a half-mile course. Both our crews won decisive victories. St. George's came up here the following week. They had had very hard luck all season owing to the prevalence of east winds and had been able to get out only twice during the ten days pre- ceding the race. VVe easily defeated their crews. Our last race was the lnterscholastic Regatta, which was held on the Charles River. In this, the second crew rowed against Exeter, who had been very kind about entering the Regatta instead of holding our annual dual race, and St. George's. The Brooks crew defeated Exeter by about a length, with St. George's third. When the first crew race was rowed, the water over the last quarter mile of the course was quite choppy, but the first half mile was very good. The entrants in this race were Brooks, South Kent, Exeter, St. Georgels, and the Riverside High School of Buffalo. For the first half of the race all the crews were very well bunched, with South Kent holding a slight edge. Then, as the water got worse, Brooks made its real effort and pulled away to a three- quarter length victory. The third crew had two races during the spring. It defeated Roxbury Latin and was beaten by an Exeter club crew. The entire second crew and two members of both the Hrst and third crews will be graduated this spring, so there will be less veteran material available next year than is usually the case. However, there is a lot of enthusiasm among the boys on the club crews and there should be a lot of competition for places in the second crew. In the clubs, the Persians won both races quite handily. I am sure that the most important single factor contributing to the success of the school crews is the existence of a very real rivalry among the club crews and the excellence of the coaching that they receive. By the time a boy gets on the second crew, he has always had one year of club crew rowing and usually two, so he is well acquainted with the fundamentals of rowing. He has also had to compete for his place and he has to remain consistently better than some- body else in order to retain his place. In closing, I wish to congratulate Captain Danforth on the splendid record the crews have made this year under his leadership, and to thank Man- ager Hasbrouck for his able assistance, and to wish Captain-elect Chace the best of luck next year. H. T. K. 20 MEDE-PERSIAN CREW SERIES HE Mede-Persian crew season got under way with two virtually new crews, both of last year's boats having gone up to the school crews. After a few changes the first club crews were as follows: PERSIANS MEDES Bow VVhite Bow Thayer 2 Hobbs 2 Converse 3 J. P. VVare 3 Rogers 4 Spencer 4 Schell Cox B. Norris Cox W. Rackemann On May 19th, before the Brooks third crew race with Roxbury-Latin, both of the Mede-Persian crews had their first race. In the seconds, E. Norris stroked his crew to victory over the Mede four, by one and one half lengths in three minutes twenty-five seconds. The first club crew race started shortly afterwards with the Medes a decided favorite, but several bad crabs in their boat ruined any hope of a Mede victory, and Spencer stroked his crew over the line almost two lengths ahead of the Medes in the very good time of three minutes and five seconds. The next race came almost a week later on May 25th. As the second Medes were getting their boat out R. Sturgis hurt his leg, and proved unable to rowg the race, therefore had to be cancelled. After several Persian mishaps, the first crews managed to start. Schell jumped the Persian boat at the start, but at the Rock, Spencer's crew managed to fill up the gap and the crews re- mained practically even up to the last four hundred yards when the Persians began to forge slowly ahead. At the finish an oar came out of a lock killing any chance of a last minute Mede sprint, and the Persians crossed the line several seconds ahead of the Medes in three minutes seventeen seconds. Mr. Spock and Mr. Holcombe are to be congratulated for making up two such crews from boys who were entirely new at the sport. W. R. SHRIGLEY 21 STATEMENT OF MISSICNARY SOCIETY ffuly I, 1938-ifufy 1, 1939 Balance: ifufy 1, 1938 S 228 .77 Receipts: Collections from Chapel Services from September 25, 1938 through May 28, 1939 3665.55 Credit from Emma Romeyn, Inc. 3 .20 Missionary Society Store-February 100.00 Tom! Reeeipls 768 . 75 5997.52 Payments.- Milk for four North Andover families from September, 1938, through May, 1939 1349.28 For Chapel z- Kneeling Pads 45 .00 Cottas 63 .28 Cushion 76 .39 Designing Needlepoint for Chancel Rail Cushion 83.00 Flowers 89.20 Music 63 .21 Candles 8 .05 Communion Wafers 2 .91 Contributions: Lawrence Community Chest 15.00 Hampton Institute 50.00 Convent of St. Anne 5.00 Lawrence Boys' Club 5.00 North Andover Safety Patrol 5.00 St. Paul's Episcopal Church ofNorth Andover 100.00 Salvation Army 7.00 Tom! Paymenfs 967.32 Balance: ffzme 1, 1939 S 30.20 GEORGE H. VVARREN, President 22 Tl-Ili BISHOP HH BISHOP this year has done nothing very original except revert to the old White cover for the ordinary numbers as well as for the unbound copies of the Yearbook. We did this because it seemed to the board to he a generally far more artistic and attractive cover than the plain green one. For next year, although it is debatable whether a large or a small manag- ing board is more ellicient, we thought it best to elect six members. The hoard will be: E1fit0r-i11-C!1i1jf.- Lorenzo Semple lll l,liff'7'll7zV EIfff07'.l'.' .lohn Turner and Dean li. NYorcester, jr. .Yr-:cy lfzfilmz' Norman Mackie l31z,fi21f'.v.v Ezfitoixn' Denholm .lacobs and Merrill G. Bradlee .J.v.mrizz!1' En'i!0z': john li. Thayer lll Cl0llfl'fAI!!fIIf Ezfilor: Mark Parrott Wy ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION REPORT The following were elected captains of the major sports for next year: Carhart, Captain M Football Carhart, Captain QI Hockey Chace, Captain Q' Crew Root, Captain M Baseball The following were appointed managers of the major sports for next year Street, Manager of Football Spencer, Manager of Hockey Boardman, Manager of Crew Pierce, Manager of Baseball The following were awarded letters: Chaffee CCo-Capt.D Tyner CCo-Capt.D Pierce, E. Chace Bigelow Carhart Carhart CCapt.D Danforth, S. Francis Parker Danforth, S. fCapt.D Chace Carhart Glass Parker CCapt.j Warren VanSlyck, D. Francis FOOTBALL Plumb Sturgis, H. Glass Francis Ware, W. CMgr.D HOCKEY Glass Tyner CMgr.D CREW Janeway Merle-Smith Hasbrouck CMgr.D BASEBALL Street Bromley Dabney Root 24 VanSlyck, D. Parker Root Holloway Danforth, S. Bayne Soper Street Chaffee Holloway Tyner Turner, A. Rackemann Shrigley Pierce, E. CMgr.D Mackie Holloway Brooks The following were awarded insignia: FOOTBALL Dabney Hasbrouck HOC KEY Root Pierce, E. Pyle BASEBALL Breck Turner, A., was awarded a fall letter for his excellent leadership in Soccer. Shrigley was awarded fall insignia for his coiiperation and skill in Soccer. Eric Pierce was elected next year's president of the Athletic Association. Names Van Slyck, hlackk Breck Warren Root MacNichol Dabney Holloway Sturgis, H. Bromley Parker Franck Brooks Street Plumb Parkman D. PARKER B. FRANCIS III, President BASEBALL AVERAGES, 1939 AB SB H RBI R AVE. PO 42 2 15 8 6 .357 15 20 6 7 5 6 .350 2 3 0 1 1 1 .333 0 30 4 9 2 5 .300 54 17 1 5 1 3 .294 5 14 1 4 1 3 .286 2 38 9 10 4 9 .263 60 14 1 3 2 0 .214 16 5 0 1 2 1 .200 12 33 5 6 1 5 .185 11 37 4 6 3 12 .162 13 26 1 4 2 1 .154 30 15 0 2 1 2 .133 3 30 2 3 0 6 .100 17 8 0 0 0 1 .000 2 3 0 0 0 1 .000 0 25 AVE .775 .400 .500 .755 .666 .500 .942 .848 .875 .750 .784 .882 .375 .755 .875 .000 POEM GIVEN BY MR. ASHBURN AT THE BREAKING OF GROUND FOR MR. THOMPSON'S IVORY TOWER, APRIL 28, 1939 Dear Mr. Thompson, Ladies, Gents: We meet for one of the events That move the world, at least move Earth, At the parthenogenetic birth Of this, the artist's Ivory Tower, The old Grads' meal check, Zimmy's bower, A place where all the French or Math dubs May find meals and better bathtubs. How sweet the brave who sink to rest Billowed in Mr. Thompson's best! How brave the sweet who plans upon Becoming permanent Mrs. John! Yet it requireth courage stout To know what building's all about. My heart aches, and a numbness pains When I consider all the drains, The pomp of passion and the lines of power, The ice chests, lest the milk and cream go sour, The paint jobs, plaster and the furnishings, The creature comforts and the burnishings. We gather here, we gather as of right In highbrow grace and military might To celebrate, ere digging's begun, The name and fame of Sag's illustrious son. Proud Williams beams and Gardner House is proud While every Kappa Alpha cries aloud. Astoria has a civic holiday, And Harvard Square drops its indifferent way, For John T. Thompson's building himself a nook'- CHe had, fortunately, just what it tookb. 'Twill be the seat of learning and repose, With room for Buicks and our T.T.'s clothes, Where each New Yorker still with Hamlet meets And Tyner still can hear Grand Canyon Suites, Where Stabler wearied after running College Sits at the feet of Primal Knowledge, Where the world-weary sons of Brooks will come, The bright, the dull, the sober, and the Plumb, A caravanserai, as years go on, For every son of Brooks, the 'Club Chez John,' Where Ox may rest from rowing, Fess from ball, 26 Baker from growing, Scudder from it all,- Buckey from Chamberlain, O. Root from birds, Parkman from loafing, Shepley from words, Where Harvards cease from troubling and Elis are at rest, And Wigglesworth's fire engines may receive a proper test. Num dimiltis, Domine, from dormitory life, Who leaves a bachelor estate, but hasn't got a wife. Long live the Tower, swift rise the walls! When strikes the hour and duty calls, We'll all be there in one big bunch For breakfast, supper and for lunch, We'll spend the night and spend the day And when we come again we'll say: John Tower Thompson, master, may you live Forever, long enough that you may give The friendship that is planted in your heart A chance to bloom and bear its fruit! -Now start! 27 F. D. A MUSIC 1938-1939 HIS school year has been another most successful one from the musical point of view, and once again this success may be particularly attributed to Mr. Flint, who, not only by his indefatigable and well-rewarded efforts with the choir, but also by his excellent organ-playing in the Chapel throughout the year, has contributed immeasurably to the noble cause of en- couraging the appreciation of good music in the school. Aside from Mr. Flint, the greatest asset to music in the school this year was the anonymous donation ofa really fine pipe organ. The particulars of this instrument may be found in the fall issue of the Archbishop. Suiiice it to say now, that it has already proved to be of tremendous value both by permitting for the first time the rendition of organ music as it really should sound, and as an aid to the singing of the choir. The fact that the choir, although larger this year than ever before, was still mainly composed of veterans of at least one or two years standing, meant that it had a fairly large repertoire of anthems which could be prepared rela- tively easily. Consequently there was more time in which to rehearse the new material needed for the two concerts with Concord and the Cantata recital with Mlle. Boulanger, all of which took place in the Spring term. Two concerts with Concord Academy were given: the first, here, on April 29, the other at Concord, on May 6. The program consisted offive groups, the first ofwhich was performed by the joint choirs, and contained three anthems: Haydn's The Heavens fire Telling, Bach's ffesa foy QfMHH,5 Desiring, and Holst's Turn Back O Man. Concord then presented separately seven songs, the most memorable of which were Ave Verum Corpus by Mozart, and Purcell's Passing By, in which Edith Cowles sang one verse as a solo. Next came three secular pieces by our own choir, the most popular of which was St. Patrick, an amusing lrish folk song. This group was concluded by Bach's difficult My Spirit Be Joyful from Cantata 146. The next group, which had required the most preparation, was presented by the joint Madrigal chorus, consisting of select members from both Choirs. They rendered four songs, by Festa, La-Ieune, Gibbons, and Pur- cell. The concert was concluded with two Gilbert and Sullivan choruses: name- ly, Take It as It Comes from The Gondoliers, and Behold the Lord High Ex- ecutioner from the Mikado. Both concerts were greatly enjoyed, both by the participants and by the audiences. Not the least popular feature of the Concord Glee Club's visit to us was the informal dance which was held afterwards to the strains of Chase's phonograph. It is certainly to be hoped that it will be possible to continue this extremely successful and popular arrangement with Concord for many years to come. Bach's Canlata 150, which the choir performed in the chapel under the direction of Mlle. Boulanger, was probably the most diflicult music which the choir has ever undertaken. The task of learning the notes and singing the Ger- 28 ww, , .wa Y . , man text of the seventeen-page manuscript at first seemed almost insurmount- able. Soon, though not until after considerable rehearsal, it began to come comparatively easily, as the beauty of the music began fully to make itself felt. By the time Mlle. Boulanger came to rehearse it Cin the middle of the week between the two Concord concertsb it was in at least fairly presentable shape, in spite of several rather doubtful spots. However, after a rehearsal with Mlle. Boulanger, fairly long, but extraordinarily untedious, most of these were ironed out, and by the time of the actual recital, the choir was able to do a job which was certainly commendable in view of its many limitations and of the fact that rehearsal for it had had to be carried out simultaneously with rehearsal for the Concord concerts. Besides leading the choir in the Cantata, Mlle. Boul- anger gave an explanation of the significance of the Cantata, played, herself, Toccota, by Frescobaldig and presented Pie Jesu, from Faure's Requiem, sung by one of her soloists. Thus the school in general, and especially the choir, was once again given the privilege of contact with a truly remarkable woman, and the advantage of what was certainly a great musical experience. It should be mentioned here that the choir was fortunate in obtaining some very valuable outside assistance in the Cantata in the treble section. Not unnaturally the boy trebles would by themselves have been overbalanced by the numerous and noisy tenors and basses. In the Cantata, however, there were not only five masters' wives, and Phyllis Ashburn, but also four other recruits to swell the soprano and alto ranks, not to mention the invaluable assistance of Mlle. Boulanger's two soloists. Thanks to Mr. Niccoli's untiring efforts, the school orchestra, although this year for the most part decidedly not overflowing with talent, was able to perform its annual concert on Father's Day in at least fairly creditable fashion, striving nobly, even ifnot flawlessly. Mr. Niccoli deserves a great deal of credit for his efforts in the orchestra's behalf, and anyone who heard the orchestra before it started rehearsing this winter would appreciate the fact that his efforts were not in vain. The program included Dvorak's Largo, from the New World Symphony, the famous Intermezzo by Mascagni, a group of Classical Dances, and a piece by whose real title is Ronde anfimour, and which proved the most popular of the evening, at least with the lower school, thanks largely to Thayer, who did nothing but bang a triangle at appropriate moments. A. N. T. 29 . . -, A . ,-,....i-1-1 N N 30 QX. 3 N K! 31 gd -fi 'Aft'- H ,.. 91, V' K xml J T. 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