Columbus Academy - Caravel Yearbook (Gahanna, OH)

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T H E If oil R .4 T ' E L JOHN XERXES FARRAR, JR. Six years ago a blond-headed boy enTered The TirsT Torm oT The Academyg This youTh was oT husky build and oT brillianf mind, desTined To become a leader in boTh aThleTics and scholarship. This boy was Jack Farrar. From The very sTarT oT his evenTTul career, he ranked high in his sTudies. Each year 'found him sTriving Tor new heighTs, Finally in his senior year he has main- Tained an enviable record. Every period when The Senior Privilege LisT has been posTed, Jack's name has been on iT. ln The Tield oT aThleTics he has aTTained iusT as greaT heighTs as he has scholas- Tically. l-le played TooTball as early as his freshman year, when he was a member oT The upper-lower TooTball Team. As a Junior, Jack played cenTer and guard on The varsiTy, sparkling on The defense as well as The oTTense. This year he again played The cenTer posiTion, This Time wiTh more Tury Than ever. ln his Junior year, Jack played on The reserve baskeTball Team. As a Senior, Jack has gone ouT Tor The baseball Team, oT which he was manager while a Junior, Because OT his aThleTic record he Tully deserved The special recogniTion he received when he was elecTed PresidenT of The AThleTic AssociaTion in which he has been a member Tor The pasT Two years. While a Junior, Jack served on The sTudenT council, as one oT The Two boys elecTed Trom ThaT class. ln ThaT same year he was a Tenor in The Glee Club. This year, however, lack oT Time prevenTed his becoming a member oT ThaT organizaTion. STanding above all The oTher exTra-curriculum posiTions Jack has held is ThaT oT being a co-ediTor oT The school newspaper, The Academy Life, and he is also a chairman oT The Press Club. Jack is planning To aTTend PrinceTon nexT year, where we are sure he will be a greaT success. PAGE TWENTY-TWO

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A' I .Y E T E E .Y 7' ll I li' 7' l' - A' l .X WALTER ESTABROOK ln lhe year ninefeen hundred and lhirly-one a smiling, good-nalured youfh was infroduced info lhe lower school of fhe Academy. Faced by all fhe obslacles and handicaps fhal one usually runs up againsi when changing schools, Waller was noi one fo complain or +o give up. Year by year his gradual asceni' in 'rhe scholaslic field proved his sferling qualilies. lmrnediaiely upon enlering our school, allhough placed in a group of boys who had been friends for years, Wall Found his place among fhem. ln spile of fhe facf 'rhal his sludies have noi been oulslanding he has devel- oped 'lhrough his earnesl' efforls a fine abilily +o work al a 'rhing unlil if is done correclly. For fhe pasl' 'Few years he has served laiihlully and capably on fhe Sludenf Council and has received his Press Club Key for his conslanf good worlc for fhe Academy Life and 'rhe Caravel. Under The able direclion of Mr. and Mrs. Evans Waller sings bass in 'ihe Glee Club. Since fhe beginning of his high school years Wall has parlicipafed in foolball, baslcelball, and lennis. This year he won his leffer in foolball and received a reserve leffer for his excellenl play in baslcelball. ln 'rennis especially he has shown exceplional slcill and wilhoul' doubf will make lhe leam. ln addifion +o ihese sporls he plays a very good game of golf. Wal+er's likeable disposifion and earnesf eiilorls in all he does are qualifies which fulure seniors mighf well fry To imilale and which will be of ulmosf value lo him in college. Nexl year Wall' plans lo go lo Connecficul Wesleyan where we wish him fhe besf of luck! PAGE TWENTY-ONE

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.7VI.N'E.TEE.1'7'IlIl?T1'-SIR' FREDERICK HERBERT HOFFMAN, JR. Twelve years ago lasT fall l-lerb walked info The first grade room af The Junior Academy. When we mef him Thaf aufumn day none of us realized Thaf some day This boy would be The Presidenf of our class, The Presidenf of our school, The Presidenf of The Sfudenf Council, and Capfain of The I935 Foofball Team. Herb has made more friends in The Columbus Academy Than any Three ofher boys Togefher. l-le is always willing To help one of us do some problem or Translafe a Lafin passage. l-lis sense of fairness is unsurpassed, and many Times he has showed This as presidenf of The Sfudenf Council or as capfain of The Foofball Team. l-le has nof confined his sporfs To foofball, however, for during The pasf few years l-lerb has played on The Varsify Baslcefball, Baseball, and Golf Teams. In The school acfivifies he has also played an imporfanf role. l-le has been a member of The Sfuclenf Council during fhe pasf few years, a member on The sfaffs of The Academy Life and Caravel, a member of This year's ioinf sfaff, The Press Club, and a member of The Afhlefic Associafion. l-lerb, moreover, has noT neglecfed his school work. l-lis average for The seven years spenf in The Senior Academy has exceeded by far The average mark, and This year he has obfainecl Senior Privileges for all buf one or Two periods. As yef l-lerb has nof chosen his college, buf we feel sure Thaf he will be more Than welcome wherever he goes and will become as prominenf There as he has been af The Columbus Academy. Few boys have ever enjoyed more disfincfion in prep- arafory school Than has l-lerbe-rT Hoffman, and from The boTTom of our hearfs we, The class of '36, wish Thaf he may gain The same prominence in Universify. PAGE TWENTY-TH REE