Columbus Academy - Caravel Yearbook (Gahanna, OH)

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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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.VI.'X'E7'EE.T T IIIH 7' 1'-SIX ' . IN MEMORIAM The abiding ThoughT ThaT should sink inTo The mind and hearT oT every boy and every Triend oT The Columbus Academy as The name oT James L. Hamill is heard or read is: The work oT a sTrong and good man has permanence and viTaliTy. By his naTure and by reason oT This habiT oT seeing Things Through which he underTook, he enTered upon The work oT esTablishing a school in Columbus Tor boys oT This CiTy wiTh a sense oT responsibiliTy and earnesTness ThaT assured progress Trom The very sTarT. ThoughT, inTelligence, good iudgmenT are gualiTies growing and expanding in The mind oT man: and when a man oT This caliber organizes, or TormulaTes plans Tor, a new insTiTuTion, Those qualiTies are imparTed To The work by The very naTure OT The case. Many are The causes Tor which Mr. Hamill worked, and They are all viTalized by The sTrengTh oT his personaliTy. IT was noT a haphazard beginning ThaT The Academy had. When Mr. Hamill wroTe, The maTTer has been careTully considered, The adverb expressed The TruTh. The emphasis was noT on display or misleading show. Scholarship, characTer, achievemenT-These were The aims and uses lvlr. Hamill envisioned. These were TraiTs ThaT The school began slowly To Take on, To be known Tor, reTlecTing The qualiTy oT The man who had prompTed and guided iT. And so, our sorrow aT The loss oT our greaT and good Triend This spring is al- mosT over Topped by our Teeling aT graTiTude Tor The Tine impress oT himselT upon The school, upon our lives, even when many oT us are noT aware oT The large parT he played in our developmenT. FirsT of all iT was Mr. Hamill who conceived The idea OT having The Academy here in Columbus: The invaluable Triends oT The school whom he drew To iTs help. associaTing Themselves wiTh him in Tounding and direcTing iTs growTh. AcTing as SecreTary-Treasurer Tor many years, he would summon and aTTend The meeTings oT The Board, where he kepT alive The inTeresT and developed his well conceived plans wiTh Their supporT. Financial worries he over-came, oTTen wiTh his own conTribuTions. When problems, Too diTTiculT Tor The HeadmasTer To adiusT alone, were Taken To him, wiTh invariable resulT ThaT supporT and comTorT were TorThcoming To The perplexed HeadmasTer in need oT counsel and advice, When The dining hall, The Lower School STudy, The gymnasium, The aThleTic Tield, The enlargemenT oT The TaculTy became pressing needs, iT was Mr Hamill who Tound ways and means, wiTh The aid oT Those good Triends, To secure Them Tor The school, The Tine men who have been PresidenTs oT The Board, Mr. Copeland, Mr. Lan- man, Mr. Rose, lvlr. OuThwaiTe, were really his choosing: and how unerring in This imporTanT maTTer was his iudgmenT. AlmosT To his lasT day-Through The TwenTy-Tive years-his ThoughTs were keenly alive To The welTare oT The Academy. WiThin The lasT year an incidenT oT This ThoughTTulness occurred, when he inquired wheTher a plaTe had ever been placed in The gymnasium recording The name oT The young boy Tor whose memorial The gym- nasium had been erecTed. No one else had ThoughT oT This. Upon being Told ThaT There was no such record, he direcTed ThaT a bronze TableT be insTalled and ThaT The charge be senT To him. He began The school, he loved iT, and he remained iTs consTanT Triend. LeT his name be long cherished and esTeemed in our midsT1 and leT us prepare our lives To do worThy work, whose record shall be cherished by Those who come aTTer us. F. P. R. Van Syckel.

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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