Columbus Academy - Caravel Yearbook (Gahanna, OH)

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T' I T' ff' 7' 1 F T' T ll I li' 7' T' - S I .Y a . 4 4 1 , SENIOR PROPHECY We are graduaTedg only we and God know The hardships and suTTerings we have endured To aTTain This pinnacle oT scl'olasTic endeavor. We soon will have reached The goal ThaT gives one The incenTive To earn a hard ToughT vicTory over The PyTha- gorean Theorem or To overcome an efirly lead and Triumph in The closing minuTes OT a sTudy period over 50 lines oT Cicezo's immorTal works-ThaT shining sTar in The sky oT every schoolboy, The senior prom. AT I:3O A. M. of June 3rd, we will have severed our lasT connecTion wiTh our beloved Columbus Academy and soon will seT sail on ThaT mosT uncerTain OT all oceans, The Trip on The Sea OT LiTe. May God waTch over and proTecT us ThaT we may be uniTed once again 25 years Trom Today aT The 5OTh anniversary and graduaTion oT The Columbus Academy. EXCERPT FROM CARAVEL OF l9bl l, as one oT The graduaTes oT The class oT IQ36, have been asked To wriTe a Tew words on The successes lThere have been no Tailures, my ladsl, oT my classmaTes oT 25 years ago. UnTorTunaTely, we are noT all presenT in body, buT ThaT invisible bond oT aTTecTion Tor The Columbus Academy uniTes us spiriTually aT This FiTTieTh anniversary and graduaTion oT our beloved school on The Third day OT June in This nineTeen hun- dred and sixTy-TirsT year oT our Lord. This same bond oT aTTecTion has kepT us in consTanT communicaTion wiTh one anoTher, and I assure you ThaT my reporTs are accuraTe and auThenTic. l-loward Briscoe, ThaT sTaid son oT old England, is now a successTul millionaire living in Sydney, AusTralia. lmmediaTely aTTer graduaTing Trom college, l-loward de- voTed his body and soul To The scienTiTic business oT raising rabbiTs. l-le has gained inTernaTional Tame Tor his knowledge oT The habiTs and characTerisTics oT These animals. Frederick Jaeger, as you all know, is The laTesT Tind Tor romanTic screen roles in l-lollywood. l-le is unmarried, drives a PonTiac, and does noT smoke. Bill Case and Bob Cole, band leader and vocalisT, respecTively, have recenTly compleTed a successTul season in The Fish Grill oT The Salmon l-loTel. They are playing Tor you TonighT and l am sure ThaT you will enioy The inTermissions. As many oT you know, Bob Spillman enTered WesT PoinT soon aTTer his grad- uaTion Trom The Columbus Academy. Bob Then enTerecl The U. S. Army and his progress has been rapid and unchecked. PrivaTe Spillman is one OT whom we may iusTly be proud. Jack Crabbe and WalTer EsTabrook are Tounders oT ThaT greaT deTecTive agency. The SureTire SleuTh Co. Their recenT recovery oT The long losT European debt is one of The highlighTs in The hisTory oT criminology. Jack DemoresT has, aT The Time, The mosT imporTanT posiTion in The ciTy oT New York wiTh one oT The maior railroad companies. All Trains and passengers are dependenT upon him Tor saTeTy and proTecTion. l-le works Trom IO A. M. Till 6 P. M. in swiTch house No. 7. Jimmy BuTler has become a very successTul lawyer. l-lis mosT Tamous case is ThaT OT Birdie l-lawk. Birdie shoT Tive people To deaTh in a TheaTre and was recognized by over 20 wiTnesses. Jimmy noT only succeeded in obTaining an acquiTTal Tor Mr. l-lawk, buT also secured Tor him a S50 bounTy Trom The sTaTe Tor a wolT Birdie shoT in The Michigan woods in l926. PAGE NlNE

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T H E C R A V E L A LOOK-BACKWARD, AND FORWARD As one Thinks back over The Twenfy-five years of The Academy, ThaT which comes firsT To mind is The company of many boys growing up To be young men. graduafing. and going on To college: There To make The name of Columbus Academy respecfed. As we have known Them here, They seemed so fine and TrusTy and able ThaT iT has made The Task of wriTing cerfificafes of recommendafion To The colleges an annual renewal of our faiTh in The good healfh-moral, physical, and menfal-of Academy graduafes. We felT Thaf They were Tesfed, Trusfed, Tried, and True. There was no need To apologize for These boys. And The confidence so frequenfly expressed has seldom been found To be misplaced. Thaf qualify which makes chapel speakers almosf invariably remark To The l-leadmasfer, as The boys march ouT of The room. WhaT a fine group of boys you have! has been more Than simply a veneer or a bloom showing on Their faces: if has sprung from True characTer and alerT minds: and has noT faded away when sferner TesTs were meT. WhaT a happiness, Then, for a l-leadmasfer To recall his years of work and associafion wiTh The boys who have gafhered here-To become scholars, aThleTes, gainers, edifors, speakers, singers, seniors, head boys! l-lere are some of The Things This wriTer recalls in a memory crowded wiTh The progress of Twenfy-five years: College EnTrance Examinafion refurns: Thrills of The foofball, baseball, and baslcefball Teams: singing of ChrisTmas songs: Talks wifh boys who were facing difficulfies and discouragemenfg many of These same boys Turned inTo gainers: high spirifs displayed in disorder and over-zealous pranks: presidenfs of The School, perplexed by a divided responsibilify-To Their comrades and To The general needs of good governmenf: CommencemenTs: senior dances: debafes, when debaTing flourished in our midsT: marvelous speeches by The boys. now Thaf public speaking has Taken The place of debafing: and a friendly feeling for The Academy growing up in Columbus, and a respecf for if felf by The colleges. And, Then, There comes The Thoughf of expansion, slow, To be sure, buf each sfage in response To a definife need, and made possible by The generosify and good will of The friends of The School. From The days when The schoolrooms, dining room. sfudy halls, and The l-leadmasTer's home, were all included in The one main building, There have been added The chapel and dining hall, Lower School sfudy hall, Tennis courTs, gymnasium, aThleTic field, and foreign languages building. These do noT represenf a greaf array of maferial gains or archiTecTural glory. Neverfheless, They do indicafe growfh and The acquiring of Things To use. The found- ers of The Academy displayed wisdom in believing fhaf characfer and scholarship could be developed wiThouT osTenTaTion and display: and ThaT wiThouT greaf buildings pnd expensive equipmenf, sound foundafions for growTh and permanence could be aid. l-lisfory is crowded wiTh The records of many organizafions and insTiTuTions, begun in all simplicify and sinceriTy, concerned noT wiTh possessions buf wifh human values, which have firsl' proved Their worTh To Their communifies, have served Their day and generafion, have won friends who have wanfed To help perpefuafe Them: and so, in Time, have found ways and means of enrichmenf, beauTificaTion, and a more enduring habifafion. We cherish The belief ThaT hisTory will repeaf ifself in The case of The Columbus Academy. Having puT iTs efforfs and iTs ThoughT on seizing iTs opporTuniTy To build ifself inTo The lives of iTs boys, To erecf a building noT made wiTh hands, iT will find The help by which a more spacious home for This work may be acquired. FRANK P. R. VAN SYCKEL. PAGE EIGHT

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1'11E0.4R.1VEL A frio of our mosf successful boys have been Henry McKee, Bill Erlenbusch, and Jim Trainer. These men, in fhe employmenf of fhe Nofune Piano Co., make fhree frips each year info fhe African wilds fo obfain ivory from elephanfs for fheir com- pany. All fhree daredevils are accomplished denfisfs, and, according fo reporfs, fhey have won elephanf admirafion for fheir painless exfracfions. Danny Carmichael recenfly came fo fhe fore fhrough a well-earned promofion from fhe mayor of one of our large cifies. Danny was promofed fo Safefy Direcfor of Traffic and is said fo be speeding fowards anofher award. Herb Hoffman is now a recognized figure in fhe peanuf and popcorn indusfry. His recenf policy of 2-inch cellophaned peanufs has gained for him fhe appreciafion and appefifes of millions of American people. Glenn Whife and Jack Farrar are now employed by a large perfume company fo fesf and experimenf wifh fheir producfs. lncidenfly if is mainly fhrough fheir efforfs fhaf perfume wafer may be used as an anfisepfic, hair lofion, and spof remover. Bill Posflewaife recenfly promofed Academy afhlefic fame by winning fhe ping pong fournamenf sponsored ioinfly by fhe Old Ladies' Home and fhe Brofherhood for fhe Profecfion of Unwary Males. Bill affribufes his success fo courage, perse- verance, and fhe referee, who was his brofher. Brub Davey has become a chemisf of greaf relcnown, having made several im- porfanf discoveries in fhis field of science. His mosf recenf discovery is a hair removing solufion which is now on sale af all druggisfs. Brub fold me confidenfially fhaf if also removes fhe user's scalp, buf he guaranfees fhaf fhe hair will also dis- appear. Fuzzy Winger is now head of a nafional chain of barber shops and is cer- fainly clipping fhe dollars from John O. Public. Fuzzy's mosf successful period was during fhe shorf-haircuf craze of i940 He received S500 for each personal ap- pearance and had his furry fop insured af 50C per hair. Benfon Kaufman, immediafely affer graduafing from college, enfered fhe sporf of wresfling. Benny has progressed rapidly and is now fhe flyweighf champion of fhe Jones Boys' Afhlefic Club. George Rising af presenf is running for Mayor of a large wesfern cify. His polifical career has been one of honesf perseverence and sfeady progress. George's only misforfune was a friendly visif fo Sing Sing prison, where, unforfunafely, some one shuf a barred door behind him, and if was fwo years before fhe keepers lef him ouf. Bob Draudf is employed by fhe cify of Chicago as head of fhe vice squad. His five-year-old record of one arresf and one convicfion sfands as a monumenf fo fhe fhoroughness wifh which he performs his dufy. We, fhe class of I936. believe fhis a record of which we may iusfly be proud, and we hope fhaf 25 years from foday we may once again reioin you fo revel in memories of our school days. Mez TEVN