Brooks School - Bishop Yearbook (North Andover, MA)

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FORM HISTORY HEX the cl1ss of 1044 first 1rr1y ed tt Brooks fifty trees blew dow n, the llghts went out for three days, C hamberlaln w1y ed h1s umbrelll lllllllfflk , ind 1 st1te ofc h1os selfed the world Due to these lrregullrltles, ll w IS some t1me before tlus new group of hrst formers were notlc ed, but such 1 condltlon w1s unable to contmue long fhey were lmmedxately thrust IHIO tl1e I 1I'I'I'1l1UllSC under the motherly c1re of XIr ac kson whose fllQl1tly telephone propos1ls to the future NIrs ac kson proylded the first 1morous spark to the1r heretofore unro m1nt1c exlstence Blll Xmory showed the boys the ropes wl11ch he knew only too well , but the only thanks th1t he recely ed occurred when Steers put lus foot Ill Bllllous lJlI'lllCl'1y c1ke Stark g11necl the dubious dlstlnc tlon of golng to court four tlmes rn the f1ll term Grant amused llll'T'lSClIl by beatmg Steers d11ly, wlule Shearer earned the respect of Know lton, at least, by eardmg a 99 on a WI1th exam on wh1ch the latter Could only earn a nlne Mlkey Merle Smltll, the form s blond cutey and Stewart rounded out the form, whose carefree llfe was suddenly mter rupted by the1r bemg mstalled m Mr Spock s dorm ln the sprmg term for chs clplmary me1sures Nlghtly plllow Hghts, generally started by Stark tluowmg shoes at Gr1nt to prey ent the l ttter s snor1ng,bec mme the general order throughout the rema1nder of the ye lr On the last nlght of the term Mr Spock sadly declared that It was ll1S worst dormltory of all t1me and that only fallure and s1n would result 1n the future Xt the openmg of the second Rmrm year the new boys were 1ll segregated ln Rrchc Ptrker s dormitory for fe1r wc now belley e, th tt they would be con genial host, Doc Scuclcler Xmong the new faces was lltsll Wayllnd, who rmmedlately retlred to the dark room for Hye years he may st1ll be there for all we know, and It might be wlse IIIODC ofnext year 5 slxth tbrm told hlm that he had graduated NI1y er who started s1x fights and lost all six 1n his first three weeks, 1nd thus dec lded to drop 1 form so that he l'HlQlltll21X e a better chance NIcC 1rtney tried to run 1way unsuccessfully slx tlmes from the school he cllcln t know Roose yelts methodj wluch c1usecl taclturn banana Hngers O Brlen to remark, I guess he don t lllce tlus place Goelet and Rooseyelt elected preslclents for 1 mytlueal Ltopla, Luekenbach and Blake spent the1r t1me dlseusslng Sehopen hauer I ee and Grant amused themsely es by attack1ng tl1C1I' weaker colleagues as Sherlock Holmes and the Batman ln the darkened corrldors of lower Gardner House unt1l one d1y they fell on the senlor prefect Xh how well we 1ll remember C h1rles Xnthony C h1c e wlth the flowlng c 1pe md the plc rc Ing eye 1ncl such fear dlcl he place IH the hearts of ill th1t XI ty er upon fllllng out ofbed one Illqlll 1ncl bemg for some peeullar reason unable to rlse, d1red not speak and thereby arose next morn from the floor coy ered by slx Inches ofsnow By the w ay confess now where IS that laundryg One ofthe ll1QllllglllS of' tlus year w1s our pl1ys1c1l lfdllllflg' classes with C luef H unllton whosc funous gcogr xpluc tl NI1l1props on the globe Slllll as J .Y 1 L -1k 5 B1 1 I 1 I A1, N y M1 1 - ' 1 1 11 I1 . 1 .1 v . 1 I I , I. 1 , C s , C ' 2 .51 1 '. :Q . .' ' 1 2 ' '13 1' . I , I -.l V' G ,l I I , ,l I I 1' i C i ' l lc ,l i . K 1 Y I V . . c ' C .I I, C A , 7 h. 'K , E., L , y ', I. C I . ' . , . K' ' ' , . t . . K . 1 . . , K . . . C 3 . A' I7 . K , A1 L. 'V I 4 il v A1 'Y K L c Ar . . . . , l , l . l . .1 7 I ' , . . . . ,W . . .X- I. . Y Cc' .lu Av' I I I ,l ,H lc' 1 V. 1 1 t 1 v ,1 I . K 11 - 1 1 s C V , C I 4 K C K K . . , 1 , . ab . L G .1 B I .l C I K K ' '- , z , 'Q ' j, ,. , , ,' ' 2 ' f ' - laminated by the old guard, who were lodged in 'fHell's Corner, feted by its I , ', L. 4' . A' , . I K T . A. f A1 if fix. 37 . , 2 , 1 '1. ' 1 l 1 1 r 1 1 1 l L . C . , I 1 - A f 'C . 1 Q . 11 1. 1 1. 1 ' 1 B 1 1 I 7 1 c . ., I . . . ,. C , ' , , 1 5- . 1 x 1 1. 1 r 1,, , l r is 4 C . A 1 L 11 Q l r ' 4 B, x v 1 1 1' 1 . , 1 , ' ' , l . , .1 ' C I1 if , .1 . Y 1 . I , v v v 1 1. 'ln ' , 'z z ' ,. 3' ' ' ' ' .' 'z . . 11' , 2 ' t 'K 1 . - . . . .' 1 ' 1 . . , 1, A- H. . i! I 'I 'lr -. I. . .1 .. A.' yt 1 ' ' A . . L.: I. ,' .. 1 - 1 as ' ' ' . - 1 , ' 'z .z. 3 tr ' 3

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EDITGRIAL HIS war, to the ax erage box , IS an ads enture and a challenge but to those rr ho are rejected by the armed forces, rt brrngs only drsrllusronment and unhapprness These so called 4 F s are more crrtrerzed by the general pubhc than ans other group rn the Country Thrs unfortunate srtuatron rx 'rs brought about bx a lew slackers, but ner ertheless, all persons who has e been refused serx rce rn the Xrmy, are branded by the same hated mrsnomer Obs rously rfa person has been rejec ted bv the mllrtary and yet makes no 'rtternpt to contrrbute somethrng to the xx ar eFfort, he rs leax mg hrmselfwrde open tojust such crrtrcrsm lhere are three possrble ansrx ers to tlrrs problem 'md anyone who desrres ins pc rc e oi mmd, must choose one of them lhe hrst solutron rs to go to college and prcpare oneself for the post rt 'rr perrod Fl he drsadx antage ol thrs hes rn the lrct th rt college lrfe rs frr from normal md rt takes an ext eptronal person rndeed to get what he wrshes out of any good rnstltutron today Moreox er, crxrlran undergrfrdu ates are regarded as slaekers bs a mrsgurded publre, and rt takes strong personal conx rc trons to ox ereome these prejudrc es The second rs to get a Job rxhreh helps rn some wax to shorten the war For most people, thrs rs br lar the most desrrable answer, for thus ther haxe a chance to put to good use the excellent education they hare acqurred The thrrd answer offers a eonsolatron to those rr ho leel frus trrled remarnrng hors de combat ' Tlns 15 to Jorn the Xmerrc an lreld Serxrce Such organwatrons are dorng magnlhcent work among the troops earrng for the wounded rrght up rn the front lrnes Wh rtex er the chorce, rt rs the rndrx 1du'rl concerned rr ho must make rt lor c rch person h rs hrs own hle to le'1d and hrs own consc rence to heed It would, no doubt be hrghlx urrp rtrrotrc not to lr uc done sornrthrrrg lor the wx rr and though rt nr rx rgrrn bccome the lrshron rller thls rr rr to be brgoted 1nd rnsulrr rt rrrll alw rx s remfrrn an honor to h rx e helped one s country rn rts hour oi need 4 K , . Y A V , . l c , , v ' , . , . I . K . . . . - -1,. N . . . X . . . L . .1 . . . , . . . I L C s L, 1 1 V A. 1 Y K I A. . L. ' r , , . . . 1 1 .. V r l . . ,1 . . 1 i , . V f 1 . . T1 . r . . . .1 A 1 1 1 f ' ', .' .T ' 71 ' . , .41 H .l 2 l 1 2 . xv 2 . , Z , , l . 1 , . it I r r . , , A. A. - h ,. , Y s , L - 1 , c . . . , . . , . . . r I kv . . 1 . , , . . , K . 1 .' ' . ' v N . ., ' 1 I Q . . H , . 1 . . . . w 4.. , 1 v. i 1 1 4 . . . , . 1 . r ' r f 1 l ' V ' 1 , li r. 1 , . 1 . , xl ' 1 f .1 ' , 1 .' l ' .l T , l . . ' , , L I 1 1 . . , K 1 3 1 I 1 ' 1 1 l' , ' lr' 2 1 W .' 'Z ' 2 .4 2 ', l , c r . , . . A . lc . , 1 1 x . , ' . f .

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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 ,' . ' .