Collegiate School - Dutchman Yearbook (New York, NY)

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FREDERICK VAN DERVEER BERG Entered Collegiate September, 1920 Reentered April, 1931 Varsity Baseball Team Enters Yale L ' niversity On seeing a friend return after ten years ' absence, wc turn at once to Rip ' an Winkle for precedent. On second thought, however, we note that our friend Mr. Berg has not been sleep- ing — but has been drawing enviable marks at other schools — and is easily recognizable, perhaps because he has not grown a beard. Anyway, Fred came back to Collegiate on April sixth; on April seventh he turned out for tennis and baseball. This manifest energy, together with his ability to read Vergil intelligently, will undoubtedly distinguish him. even though only two months remain. We only wish he had come back sooner. 19

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TrrHiiE, UTCHMAN THOMAS PATTISON ALMY Entered Collegiate September, 1921 Junior Chorus, 1923, ' 24, ' 25, ' 26 Cub Basketball Team, 1926; Captain, 1927 Midget Basketball Team, 1929 French Club, 1929, ' 30; President, 1931 Dramatic Club, 1930. Double Crossed ; 1931, The Bov Comes Home , Tired Trou- ble Dutchman Board: Junior Editor, 1930; Editor-in-Chief, 1931 Varsity Basketball Team, 1931 Enters Cornrll Vni ' ersily Tom Alm ' . Here is one name, at least, drawn from the Senior Cl.iss that strikes terror into the hearts — if they have any — of the faculty. Tom is never at all disturbed by Mr. Taplin ' s sarcasm, by Mr. Morse ' s repetitions, or last, but not Icist, by Mr. Fish ' s munching of raisins while Tom reads Vergil. Now, lest .inyone think that Almy ' s time is all spent in pulling down A ' s, kindly glance at his accomplishments above. Tom is one of the three surviving members of the basketball team, and played the part of a lanky center all season. Besides this, the poor bov edits the Dutchman, and has been known to rush hither and on in ,i frantic .ippcal for ads. Between the hither and the on he attends Dramatic Club rehearsals, in which he becomes the extremely emotional Mrs. Cabot, who gets along so well with Bud Maloney, if you know what we mean. hat ' s the use of prophesying Tom ' s future success. It is a foregone conclusion among his classmates, and we are all sorry he will leave us to struggle for ourselves while he masters his problems at Cornell with ease. 18

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UTCHMA CALVIN HOFFMAN BRAINARD Entered Collegiate September, 1920 Junior Chorus. 1924, ' 25 Major School Battalion, 1927 Second Basketball Team, 1930 Dance Committee, 1930; Chairman, 1931 Cercle Francais, 1929, ' 30, ' 31 Dramatic Club, 1930, Double Crossed ; 1931, In the Zone , Tired Trouble Enters Columbia University Calvin takes life seriously. Every move of his seems to be performed with the utmost care, precision, and intensity. Upon everything he concentrates; neither tire nor sword can call him away until the task before him is finished . Calvin is strong and silent. He speaks so seldom that his sentences fall abruptly and with unusual weight. His only voluminous moments are those when he pLivs very proficiently the piano or the saxophone. Calvin is the check-rein that restrains the rest of the class on its wild flights of fanc . At the dances, which he manages so skillfulK, he succeeds in keeping sober the fervent moments of the evening without depriving them of any of their thrill. As an actor, he laboriously thinks himself into his part, and always is successful in rendering a vibrant, effective performance. 20