Brooks School - Bishop Yearbook (North Andover, MA)

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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

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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

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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