Brooks School - Bishop Yearbook (North Andover, MA)

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Turner amused llll'T'19ClflJW hanglng Preston Wllds on a coathook 0l1tSlClC room C and all ln the xear came to a peaceful close and the form members repalred to thelr homes to prepare for a new onslaught the followlng year D1x1de them, we rule, was the behef of the faculty at the beglnnlng of fourth form year but 1. large group squeezed Into Mr NVr1ght s dorm tn Lpper Gardner Xmong these w ere new members such as Keogh 1 double ttlklng hum tn d1c tlonarx ln baslc lLI'lQllSlll Xfac lsarlan who spent so much tlme enterlng mag time contests th xt he forgot to speak untll hls slxith form xear, CICID1'1ll Nfoses Brown who created a sensatlon by almost bemg elected form sec ret try tl week after h1s arrlxal because the futhful wanted hlm to lead them to thc promlsed land ohn Barrymore, ahas Howle WVuls1n enthralled the school by hls xctlng and last, but not least, the dexll s CllSClplC Xlclen Besse, who rin thc mile xt it o 1 one cold wlnter nlght C obb kept an lI1CXlldll9IllJlC supply of food whlc h prefect Sopcr ttklng 1 paxtlc ulu hlcmg to gorged lllIT1SClf cat h nlght C cnnx forg txe htm, though presentlng htm wlth '1llXC chlc ken on the latter s gr ltlllifltlll Nfl NN rlght IYILISIIIL, brleflx by the door of Grant and Turner one ntght, w xs so upset by the latter s sudden openmg ofthe door, that he fell down st urs and hrolcc three hamsters XfIC2lf1WllllC IH Russell House all was not well Roosexelt, Rogers, and Goelet droxe Prefect Danforth crazy It was all that Pat Shearer could do to persuade 'I ex X ogel a new boy ln our mldst, that he had not bv mlstake entered a lunatle from the school wlth the same qulet charm that marked hls presence here D Stark ac companled hlm thus endlng a beautlful feud wlth Goelet w h1ch had kept them both occupled and harmless for a number ofyears We will dex ote a paragraph to our true hero, Teddx Vfetcalf, who although he dld not honor us long with his presence, added lmmeasurably to our reputa tlon for outstandmg performances ln ex ery field What other boy upon belng asked to choose between an exam and a zero has ex er taken the zero or what fourth former has ex er demanded the senlor prefect s study for h1s famlly s lodglngsp Ah but who else IS a 'Vletcalfp Luckenbaeh attempted Lee s earher feat ofa wlnter ln Florlda, but ran out of funds and couldn t work h1s wax back for a year Rogers earned the 1re of Fnghsh 4A bx keeplng the class awake wlth h1s snores ex ery mornlng, because he spent the nlghts playlng hlde and go seek Wllll Dannx Danforth Nferle Smlth no longer the blond cutey but a muscle man from down under rejoined the flock after braxlng apanese submarlnes ac ross the PZICIHC Xt the end of the xear the hx e unholy ones congratulated the boss on hls sex enteenth xear out ofthe gutter and hastllx departed for polnts w est The hfth xc' tr opencd wxth the entlre form sharing Russell House with St xc c V l tton except Xflllet who w ls kept ln 1 sound proof room ln Pe tbodx Housc X thc flrst m trkmg perlod most of the form found Itself on pro and ex en Xlclc n Bc ssc lclmlttecl th tt he h td glx en up stuclxmg before breakfast Grant and Nfelle Smith woke thc Russells up cxerx mornlng with the Rtmbllng NN reck from Georgl 1 lcch Rogers xncl lee bccame remark tblx lclcpt tt ClOClQ1flQ Stacex l tton on 7 cc - v- A as , K ' K . ' ' - . ' F . . , R 1 , K f , C lr K t 1 - K c . . .1 K .' ' ' s 5 s '. , z -z K 1 . ,wg I . K L. 5 A . , V I. L, s . K hs 4 1,5 v v 1 . v 1 . s v s r L . . , c .L ' L t K , . L v t L . J , 1 A- K. , K, . l 1 - . v 1 v. ,. l v w. 1. r .l L K , c L . . , . , I .. . L f .LZDZL u . .K 'I L. A. ,Y.. ', . ' , . , ' , . ' . , . ' ,' ' , ' -. . ' V U ' . ,W , L , , L I C C L K , I K . . ,L l . I I' . 1 1 . 1 I . v' l v s . s ,c 1 . K L 1 , . t L , K. , . I L L Q Y 1 7 . . ' . . 1 ' ., . , , t - - t . L . C. 1 ' ' . . , . . , . V H R C rl V. cl R N . 64 ' ,sa v Y ' ' ' ' y . , , . I , asylum. Peabody House had IIS troubles too, for Stanley Woodward was ushered K' H 9 -1 ,Y V 7 v 7 f I v . v , i 1 1 . , v v ' v . 1, ' 1 1 3 . vi N . I v . - ll 1 1 K t J K t . ff ,V . 1 ' 1, ' A 1 I ,, 1 , , i . , v 1 1 s 1 ..,, ' 4 . v v 1 P- l y s I A4 7 x-4 . Cz , , . ' ' 'z 3 , ' 1 3 - ' ' 2 1' J '. . t Q l 2 , 2 1 . ' .' 1 l ' L .' . l ' ' . ,' ,-tl , , , .. . , . . ' .' '5 . ' V . , ' ' . ', ,, , ' X c I A 1. I I2 , 3 ' 2 2 f 1 A , iz

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'Xfghanrstan rs the caprtal of Norway, produced such a profound effect that no one ey er mrssed a class It w as there that Roosey elt ran a roo yards rn 33 seconds, but we neyer thought that he went all out Toad fl urner turned rn another sterlrng athletrc performance by leadrng the field rn the 880 yard run for forty yards before he passed out, equally enthusrastrc was Pat Shearer, who sought to be a pole yaulter, but ney er could get oy er three feet Chref also held a three rrng crreus the fifth perrod Saturday to whrch ey ery body came rncludrng 1 cer tam master who sat rn the rear and threw sprtballs The year closed wrth the Brooks Republrcan cony cntron and the ardent Hooy er campargn, termrnatrng rn a rrot rn Room C from whrch emerged a number of unfortunate opponents rather worse Hur wear It had been 1 remarkable year rn rchrey ements T fl had rntroduc ed hrs now famous whrp on the b tcks ol Steers and St xrk Woodward made some sort ol record by berng rn Vlr Root s clc tentron for lryc weeks wrtlrout rnterruptrorr rr l lcc by the yrrtue ofthc hugc srrms hc h rcl rm rssccl bettrng on lootb rll grrnc s, yy rs rblc to spcut thc wrntcr rn l lorrcla rpprrently studyrng by proxy Xct three started offwrth a bang purely mental as the rrflcs had not ar rry ccl and the foundatron of the battalron The majorrty of us were orrgrnally made prry ates, the majorrty were strll prry ates when they graduated In order not to shock any parents, graduates, or faculty wry es, we wrll say nothrng further about the battalron One new member of the form who made an rnstant rmpressron was o o the Juke box boy Nlrllet, a leadrng exponent of Chrcago Jazz, who ney er used a srngle rnstrument Mouth bterlrng appeared wrth the proud predrctron that he would not remarn rn so low a form but strangely enough he stuck by us, rn fact he may be the last to leaye rngo Carroll was another new arrry al who wrlhngly took oy er the tr xdrtron of pornted rndryfrdualrsm from hrs brother Others Included Hot lrps Cobb Cobbs chrckens Old Prckard lrarm Concord l ree Ady ertrsementj and Bucky Ober, who came to schooljust rn trme to become 1 member of that yery exclusrye club wrth Sam Peabody and Brll Amory , the T T T tTea ey ery Tuesday Trrangle The Thzrd Form Record begun by Rooseyelt, Lee, Grant Turner, and Stark made rts appearance, at thrs trme, featurrng Perkrns famous poem oe Blow, Roosey elt s rneyrtably melancholy plays, and Lee s rnexorable mystery whrch ey en he couldnt solye But the most notable contrrbutron was IT Starks Greek Dralogue, at whrch the noble doc tor laughed so hard that he got a nose bleed Perkrns, whose darly ercercrse was to run to lawrence and back each after noon, also grew corn outsrde hrs wrndow Hrs departure came when one sprrng rnornrng Perk yawned twrce, rolled up l1lS bltnkets, leaped out ot a second story w rndow, and was ney er seen agarn Woodward added to hrs laurels by sprlhng an entrre prtcher of water oy er Mr Ashburn Ober ney er drd learn how many legs a sprder had but Nlr Root drd hrs best rn srxty one detentrons Rogers and Lee tought for two hours rn a closet and w ere hnally found by an rrate prefect hrttrng e rch other s oy ercoats Roosey elt, although constantly on honorary pro, ney erthe less found only tw o out of forty three study perrods th it demanded hrs presence 6 H . . ' . Y H ' A 1 . . 1 . 1 V 1 1. , . . , ' . , cc 77 - K . . . ti k - I , V . . ' ' ' 1. . . , . .1 I , 1 K , v , cs ' 31 K . . , , . V , V V 1 . V 1 1 c l 7 V s 1 n .' V . f ' , c Y . . . . . . , . , . c, '7 . . ' .' ' . 2 2 ' . . L ' .' ' ' .' ' Z T ,' ' 1 Y r rl r 11 1 v 1 1 T 1 1 1 . . , 1 5 s 5 C 7 r . ' , l X n V 1 - - 1 1 f - y 1 ' 1 1 . V' V , , , , . , c It 7 ,, , K .' .' , 2 2 i f K 2 .TZ X' 'l .' 1 ' .' ' ' ' ' , . . 7 V , . V . . V l 7 I K. L 1 1 , 1 v . 1 .' 11 1 ' V r . . K C , , . .. j, . 1 K , V . , , V K . 1 , V ' 7 7 HJ J . ,, . . . . Y . . H ,, 1 . Y. . . h V , L1 ,- 7 c c ' ' 1 , , . V HJ' rf r V ' V , C r 1 4 s c 7 7 ' 2 . .' . .' ' , ac - 177 w 7, , ' i Q an ' i 1, sa w Y A s 1 1 . f 1 , , V I v ' r 1 I . . 1 . . , . V . . , . . . 4 . V . 5 V 7 . V 1 J 7 7 7 ' ' ' ' ' 7 NJ 77 . I . . , v ,Q . v. Y i ,Q . Y Y . . I , V V 7 v ' ' cc 77 71 sk ' ,U ' . . , K ki . V , L V V . V K1 ,. K1 1. . , I 4 - V 1 1 . , V 1 .V . K . . . , . K ' V V ,' 1 '. 2 . - ' V 1 1 . V K A I l 1 7. 7 1 1 v r 1 1 A1 7 .1 . . Ki . . 1 Ki ' ' 1 V - V W . V , , 1 . . 7 . . I KV 1 , 4' 1 . r K - L u I c ' , ' 1 , V '- V 1 ' A K, r 1 7 1 1 1 1 r 1 1 v v ' ,c . , . . . ' 1 . 7 ' ' , '- ,, ' ' .' 2 ,' . ' .

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thelr nocturnal prowls at two a m wlth EI'lgl1Sll papers Cobb wanderlng through the halls Wltll a burnmg book ln lllS hand encountered 'Vlr Starbuck xx ho 1m medlately enrolled ll1IT1 as a member of the party Ex entually thls happy l1fe was broken up and we scattered 1nto the xartous proxmces blddlng farem ell to llco r1ces Amory was now 1n the A F S but before embarklng arm ed at school wlth a screech of brakes to sell great trunks of Chxpp ackets at 32 50 per Peabody Hnally made the dance commlttee when tllli year Cobb reframed from castmg slx xotes for hlmself Butch Kcrrlgan arrlx ed at thls tlme and Mlss Seelx was forced to order three more cows to supply h1m Wltll food whlch he gleefully clalmed as mome As the sprlng term came many suddenly reahzed that they must graduate alarmmg blow to those who had dlscarded thelr books Roosex elt Wulsln and Sterhng cooked asparagus as they hstened to Blll Kehl rex eal the secrets of the faculty ah what those three don t know wh1le Mr Wrlglmt snlfhng the strange odors demanded Rogers non exlstent toaster Merle Smlth suffered a broken nose at the hands of Stookey Vogel took elght trlple weekends 1n a row Rogers finally made breakfast on pr1ze day Carroll Goelet and Brown were stlll playmg tag But we staggered down to the w1re and by some qulrk of fate thlrteen graduated ln farewell the great softball team captalned by Butch Kerrlgan swamped the slxth form 1n the annual game behlnd the great pltchlng of Screw ball Turner and a five dollar b1ll shpped to ump1re Ashburn Elex en returned lncludlng Peter Notz from Swltzerland the only new boy Although h1s Enghsh vocabulary was l1m1ted he was well xersed ln Amerlcan slang and proceeded to grxe the others adx anced lessons Down 1n the Record Shop Cobb amassed fabulous sums by shpshod add1ng methods whxle Butch Kerrlgan trled to play football after haxlng eaten a blueberry ple Results dls astrous Besse set to work to conx ert the form to an honest and pure hfe but the b1ll collectors and bOOk1CS who xnx aded the common room to locate lngo Carroll made poor Alden s efforts frultless Nex ertheless our Mlsgulded Nhsslonary IS st1ll waglng relentless warfare agamst the so called frlx olous hfe VNl11Cl1 we all lead durlng xacatlons Mlckey MacFarlan who had so far made Pete the Hermlt seem loquaclous suddenly began a fihbuster Out of the dark room came Wayland to hurl a sausage at Mr Spock and then he returned to photography eremlah Brown spoke to hls people ox er the radlo to tell the world of h1s promised land wlnle the Illfllllflg news of the wlnter term came when Merle Sm1th attended the Dance for the first t1me Now we must end for the F B I has come to 1nx estlgate the twenty three accompllshments under Nflouth s name To the school the faculty and especlally the Ashburns we offer our thanks for all the fun we xe h ld mere And now look sharp there rookle' lt s 4 30 rex e1lle' 8 1 . . K . , K K . . . . Y , . . A . , 7 - Y 7 . . . V . v. . . 7 . x - . , . ., . , . . . A . . ., , . , A V A - P, . V . H ,, . . v . . . , V 1 . ' . , . ' ,, a L. ' 9 ' CC ' 59 , . . . , an . , ,. . , . , , . . . n . . , . V .l . c t C , . . . 7 la ' :- , . . 7 , . . ' 7 9 3 7 7 ' 7 7 ' , cc so ' ' 3 3 3 . . . . . H 7 ,, Y . . . 7 . ' 7 3 ' . . V . . ' V . . 7 . X, 1 . . . H ,, 3 7 7 'Wi - Y . . . , f , N . V . . . . .i X . . . , x . . . . . - . V . Y . c 1 I ' . , . , . . , .J . f s . . , . . . . . K H ' sc 1 as 1, , ' . A . . , ' , ' , '. . A . . ' 4 Y ' 5. . , ' . . .4 , , . . ' . 7 .