Brooks School - Bishop Yearbook (North Andover, MA)

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SIXTH FORM HISTORY REX IOLS 813.111 Fox 111 l11SlOIlc1I1S l1axe atvued PIOX1Cl6'Il11dl tnfluence 1n ll1Cll classs 01111111 at Brooks lhcx quote cloquentlx hom C1enes1s In the lJC0lI1 nmg 111c sc ck to pusttlx tl1c11 1011118 CXINICHCC bx cl 1 1o1 111110 on 118 xntuous cl1a1 ac ter1st1cs ll1e C lass ol 1958 clocs not Cldllll suc l1 an dUSplC10llS benclac 101 Itcl1cl 11ot lDCg1fl NNl1l1 axse IHSPIIIIIQ claps ol 1l1L1IlClC'l and butsts ol ll0l1lI11I1U but ld1l1Cl ll cxolxed Xes we base ou1 PXISICIICC' o11 lJdI'NSll1 s thcoxx a11d ohn Chaltc XM ex olx ed hom .1 Sllllplf' o11e cellccl bctng to out PICSC nt compouncl complex oxgantsm Il1c I 1ll ol 1957 brought scxcn 11c xx boxs unclct thc autl1o11tx ol B1ooks Sc l1ool and forthe hrst lew daxs ol o 111 C halte a tcmnant ol tl1e prex tous vcax s I 1rst P01111 Soon howexer, thcse sexen Bxwht Hatch KCAIIIIQ Maxwell N1CllVd1I1, Payson and VVaterston after haxtnv been lotned by uxmby and Wh1te who descended uncere momously lrom thc Second 1101111 found that some mdependence could be achtex ed ex en u11dcr thc ncwlx lI'lNlllL1lCCl I-lolmeslan totahtarlanlsm lhe leacle1sl11p ol th1s tex olt was ClLllClxlX assumed bx lxcatmg and u1111bx 111uch to tl1e constcrnatlon ol the elder Keattng who xx as Semot P1 etect Despne tl1e lact that Hatch dubbed 1 he C1rac1e Square Smooth1e tr1ed to assuage the cl1aos by 1r1troduc1n0 et1quette to hts lorm mates the UIJFISIDCI COI1l1I1LlCC,l untll at lcngth Mr Cummmgs the MCff1lIIfiIl lJorm1tory1 Master pusl1ed to h1s mt s end by ptlloxy lwhts actually rc ad The Rtot Xct and then d1x1ded h1s charges bx sendmg halfoi them to Hell s C OIIICI Watersto11 saw no percentage 1n bemo assoc1atc:d xuth such a hopeless rebellton and therelore dec1ded to leave Brooks for the ordered mtellectual atmosphere at C1roton Howex er the rest decllc ated to a somewhat clublous cause lC'l'l1dlf1CCl C'I1X1S1ODlI10 themselxes as prac t1cally ommpotent Second Itcnmers no loncgex wlthout 1I1lCI'10lS But Isatc IllVTHCS Wllh C ha1te and Wa1t and so they d1d Wall C ha1te a11d thc rest oi the lorm lol III the Fall ol 1953 thex 1etu1 ned to hnd to ll1C1I' horror tl1at there xxas no Isnst Irorm Rt least howex Cl thex xxexe not alone 1n tl1c11 ITIISCFX lox the1e xxele thlrteen nexx boys who tl1cx reasoned mxght ex e11 takc thc place ol a I'11st P01111 lot axxhxlc it least ll1ese thcortes xxcle qutc klx chsprox e11 Copcland Creclclcs and lVllllC'Il xsctc 11ot only latge a11d 111ore axxe IIISPITIHQ they vwexe soc1al1tes ol the lust o1der Ru111o1s clrculated that where they came from tuxedos wexe ex e1y n10ht wear and that eac 11 owned and had morn ta1ls Buckley and deLesseps, when not chasmo each other tlnouqh the helds used thetr lmpresstxe S17C to conttol the prelects Blake lJI'0LlL1lll bt a1ns 11 not brawn and Houghton began to show swns oi hts ClldI'dC'lCl1Sl1C eccen IFICIIQ by plantmv flowets for birs ackson Ihe form d1x1ded 11110 select clubs xwlth tl1e members FISIIIQ beiorc daxxn to cook rax1ol1 ox et stcrno stox es 111 the ClaSSIOOIT1S I'he members hotly declared that thls was the most effectlxe 11ot to 111c 1111011 the 111ost cnlox able ol tl1e ptotests agrunst thc sc l1ool lncaklast lhctc 18 no tclhnv how ptlltltl ll'llN act1o11 mtght haxe bee11 l1acl 11ot N11 Wtlclet Ill thc p1 occss ol tcaclnng an I nghsh class suddcnlx become axxalc ol an CXOIIC though not unpleas1nt odo1 and upo11 1nx CSIIUHUOII chscoxcrcd that tl1c1c had bec I1 a PIC bteaklast p 11 tx Ill hts class1oo111 ld 111o1n1ng IC 11act1cc xxas chscon IIHICC Jccausc o nc 1 s laxnxxc ct 1.1 xxc xxctc U V 1 dle Sc l1ool no lOllUC'I Nllllillll 1I1lCIlCJlS ll tt 11c e11te1 ed thc llllICl lorm IUIIILIN clc l cssc ps clllfl Sillxllli tl1c1c xx 1s 1 Scconcl 1'OlII1 but xxe xxete st1ll 111 the l UNNCI School lhetc xxctc C1L1l1lCC I1 nc xy Il1C111lJCIS ol out class 111 V.. V V.-2 i.,,,, Q H. I. . . . LV ,AV.. , ., 'V ,il .2 5. V . V ti ' V. 1 1 . .1 1 4 x 1 if 4 I 'P A -4 S. X'i ' ' 1 fi ' X H - - if 1 1 1 1 - Ivy' s - s I -' y- ' - 1.1 I ' V , ' V ' , V. 'I 1 1 . ' 1 .1 . ' V' .1 V ,V V . J' L- V' A . K' f 4 V ,h. I t V Q V'5 l V N . ' A-Q , V A A . . ' . Vt. Q 1 . I 1 v y V - Y ' C Q' . V V . i lx ' . U. 1 ' -I V ' I ' s 4 'lr V 1 ' I . ' V V . H- N Q . , 1 . I . Wi' V . 1 .I , 1 . X V . ' Q 1 b . ' ' I. , ' .V Vx. ' . V V 1.1 V Q I x 1 1 ' ,ja . ' V ,. , V . . . V ' V ' ' V V . 1 V' ' ' ' .V . V. 7 A . v v .wha .1 x 1 i- S Q I- 1 s X- 1 v 1 A 1. 1. 5 1 w yin- if 1 K- 1 4A xc .,1 1 1 Sis. D 3 Iv u 1 -1 a , 1 1 .1 . ,u A - 1 :L 1 1 - 5- - -1 A V .V, V 1 1 -1- V V ,'.-. 2. I. ' 'A. . . ...VV tl't ' 'l'l'1 t' 'll1 l'l 'lgxx'.'. .Kg ' 1' 'l tl ' t 'f 111e1'c'lx' biclin, our time. Next x'c tr we voulcl be in thc' fxlicl 4 ' I 'lll 's '1 ' we xx'c-rc' 51152 c'orrec't. XXX' - 1 ' ' ' - Q' ' I. , ITU., I. , i' . V' , ,., .za 1 L' ,, R . 2

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ranvrng rn rntellrf ence from Bangs rrrcl French to Shelton and ohnston and rn 9176 from Mrller and Xnderson to Taylor and Macl ean X rather heterogeneous group but respectable Our new found superrorrty manrlested ltself rn the CBA letters whrc h stood for the unsay ory C hrld Beaters Xssocratron Thrs Group of vrqrlantes drscoy ercd too late that therr yrctrm was supposed to be at tea wrth Nlrs Ashburn at the trme of the beatrnq Nflr Xshburn put a rather emphatrc end to therr actryrtres Xshworth Buckley and Cfedcles became our ambassadors to Frrst Feam Sports Between them they wc re to dryrde hye captarncres 'VIacIntosh Copeland, and Mcll yarn ln ackson llormrtory were the hrst to begrn the worshrp of the Umy ersal C od NIoncy by meetrnv to read the stocks rn the Nm lor! Trina C rocl-.er as yet wrthout hrs gurtar had already started cheyyrng tobacco and crackrnff a whrp We felt our selycs mature ready lor the Fourth Form The 'ylrddle School and Varsrty Football I 1ttle drd wc realrze what lay bclore us We were lrke cows happrly berng led to the slaughter house Increased frecclom was the decoy, the faculty the executroners I he Fourth Form became the den of all mrqurty the caye of corruptron the house oi scandal Some of us wallowed rn rts ephemeral pleasures only to hnd ourselves hope lesslv stuck But thc re was a hghter srde Between the srrens of poltce cars, Shelton s anrmalrstrc grunts could be heard as he swung, nearly naked from the tree outsrde of Peabody ohn Taylor became hrst boat cox a posrtron he strll holds Chalte was a famllrar lookrng Santa Claus as he carrred tasty goodres rn a laundry bag slung over hrs shoulder to Brrght s and Keatmg s room rn Thorne House Wrqhtman jorned us and rmmedrately we all wrshed we had been born rn the Mrddle West Stark sky rocketed Brooks to fame by usmg several of us to demonstrate the capabrhtres of a Remmgton Rand Electrrc Shay er to combat the problem of peach fuzz on hrs father s teleyrsron commercral Spencer, a refugee from the class above, taught us the Bohemran way of lrfe and Webster horrrfred us by revealrnff the fact that he could outdraq a 55 Ford on hrs brcyele ohn French Hot an ulcer from dorng the whole form s geometry and Blake ran up a hfty dollar lrbrary hne and was accused of pseudo 1ntellectual1sm Keatrng now 1n hrs fourth year on the Student C ounerl was regarded as a permanent fixture Ber rnuda shorts became the fashron wrth Clouffh leadrng the way Ihe markrng system was changed and boys who had felt secure on thrrd class now found themselves de yelopmg complexes from constantly berng on srxth Aldrlch was now decldedly 1 member ot our form whether he or we lrked rt and was vrewed wlth some apprehen sron Ihe only thmq he conformed to scemed to be the Elrzabethan era Sherrrll and Dearborn champronrnff the lNorth Shore contested the socral supremacy of Lonff Island lim lluldle Srlrool Heron! showed srffns of dec ay rn rts wobblrng headlrnes and then dred acobs br ought hrs sun glasses from Mramr along wrth storres of water slcnng and what hc was mrssrng by not berng at Mramr Beach Hrgh We belreved hrm Mcrrrll rorned French and becamc a Sunday rnornrnfv brrd watchcr an act whrch rmmedrately called attcntron to hrs X ermont orrffrn lhe Filth Form was lust a year away and ey eryone was accused ol carnparqnrnv lor clormrtory pr elects Few actually were lvfany were mrssrng when school opened rn the Fall of 1936 T he old laces had becn replaced by new ones such as those of Ayers Hall Magnuson and Fuerbrmqer I-Ioweycr the curse ol the Fourth I orm remarned wrth us South Russell became our symbol ot y ree Fxpulsrons became commonplace and our condrtroned reflex became one ol storcrsm Colleoe Boards came and went amrd crres of horror They were l13l V - , V . ..V . ' . ' ' . , - . .1 . . . af V. A I ff I ' 1 1 sf 1 Q 1 I l V Y 'T - . . ' . . . , I ,. . . I , , ., V . V ,, . .. . . ..r . - 4, V .. . . . .. . A .i. ' l, i. . , , .. , . r ,, , V V H ,V V . . X , . . ..r , . A - V, . . . V . V , ,, V . . ,V , . , , - 1 5 . . . r . A . . .I , I. N H . - ' vi i v 4 4 Q f ' 1 I . . . . , . t . . , 3 r lr v xy 1 l w 1 . I I . , V , V ' V V . , ' V 1. , . . . . . , , . , . V V . t . , ., V, . , - c , . . . - t . . , . , . .. . . 4 , . , ,- I . ' ' , tr va - - . . Y , . . , .r .. . ' ' O Gi ve - - ' , , . 3 .I D C ' ' - . . ., , . . K, . . , , . , r r r ,, . K . , - . . , - V- . , A . . , , . . . U 'Y 4. K . , t X n V y tr f . ' I . . K . 4 . . K , , , . . - .I . I V Vx . .I , . , 5 . , . . . 5 . . . . . .m. . A . I . . . . V V V Y . X ' ' I - 1 r gr Al r V - r v , 1 . . , h 1 ' ' . , , , ' '. V' ' 4 ' , , . V V, ,V V .V V,., . s y. - ' . , . . . V V y 1 , . KY 5 I .. , I V , . , V V , , . I .. . ,, . .. , . . li . Vx 1 v I w- f , . ..r ,V VV I v- 1' 1 r I. x . . J. , . , . . . , l i v Q 1 . . Q Y Y