Darrow School - Shaker Post Yearbook (New Lebanon, NY)

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A few days before the commencement exercises of last year, the class held an election which was to determine who would be the oiIicers of the school. When the votes had been counted, the class had elected Peter Salsbury, who had led us for three years as class president, as president of the school. Along with him were elected Dan Wayne, vice-president: Dick. Furman, secretary, and Topher Nye, treasurer. After commencement, we left school proud in the knowledge that in the fall we would at last be the governing class at Darrow. This year, our last year, has been a fairly quiet one. Peter Bommer, Charlie Booth, Fred Rindge, Dick Shohet, and Jock Willis appeared on the scene to give the class its finishing touch. Peter Kauffmann and Richard Busch of last year's senior class decided to spend another year with us. One of the highlights of the year was the Barclay Baby Pool per- petrated by Thorn Lord, and won by Paul Huang and Charlie Booth. Probably our favorite incident was Mr. Brodhead's American History class impersonation of Charles I chasing moths through his palace, while the Dutch fleet stormed up the Thames. Subversive activities in Father's john, and other events helped to make our year a colorful one. And so, after entering Darrow, and having spent four or so years of growth here, we are now leaving this mountain side where time, in some instances, has seemed to move so slowly, and in other instances, has as- tounded us with its swift passage. After experiencing life at Darrow, many of us are intensely interested in its future. Thus, a development such as the proposed building of a new dining room tends to assure us of a brilliant future for the school. As we leave Darrow, we like to think that in the minds of all of us, the emphasis is not on the past, but on the future.

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CLASS HISTORY In the fall of 1951, the core of this year's senior class arrived at Darrow to begin their four-year pull to graduation. This group, consisting of Cliff Baxter, Paul Huang, Don Jones, Thorn Lord, Dusty Merrill, Brewster Morgan, Peter Salsbury, Tom Thompson, and John Welling, was an energetic crowd, and was often seen either hunting fc: potsherds and artifacts on the side of the mountain under the direction of Mr. Watson, or crowding around Mr. Ritter and his telescope on the front lawn, each of the boys clamoring for his tm'n to see the crater on the moon. Thus, the year passed rather quietly except for the occasional cavortings of the more spirited upper-classmen. The next fall, our little circle was joined by Don Bahrenburg, Andy Carnwath, Chuck Chermside, Hargie Heap, Bruce Hoag, Doug Leslie, Tom Sargent, Hans Sohnssen, Bill Stratton., and Dan Wayne. This was the year of the Turkish Harem of Room 34 in Wickersham House, and also of Bill Stratton's involuntary haircut. One of the highlights of the spring season was the performance of the Pirates of Penzance with Foxhollow School. During the rehearsals and two performances, many liaisons were made, which in turn led to a few un-authorized excursions to Lenox. The year was terminated in a series of cannon-cracker events which, we believe, will never be forgotten by those who took part in them. The following year, there were so many additions to our class that it became the largest in the school. The new additions were Bob Congdon, Cy Fitch, Dave Francis, Dick Furman, George Gordon, Don Gray, Mike Harvest, Frank Lloyd, Topher Nye, and Mark Williamson. During that year, many of us got carried away with ourselves. It was our junior year, and we thought we had come a long way. An example of this was the mass exodus of the majority of Latin II from the Latin room closet to the chant of Onward Christian Soldiers in the middle of a Caesar recitation. After that, the year passed quietly. We were partially redeemed in the eyes of the school by the initiative of Hargie Heap in his coping with the water shortage. IO

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,, I it X 'N N X df DONAL BRIAN BAHRENBURG Ox 413 MONACA DRIVE Erie, Penn. Entered Darrow in 1952 Ftbl. 2, 3, Co.C. 43 Bkbl. 2, 3: Quartet 3, Choir 2, 3, 4, Fr. Cl. 39 Pub. Sp. 45 V. P. Class 33 Sp. Cl. 3, Pres. 4, Bsbl. 2g Lacr. 3, 4g Band 3. I CLIFFORD ALBERT BAXTER JR. Cliff 200 GARDEN STREET Cranston, R. I. Entered Darrow in 1951 Hky. 3, Soc. 1, 2, 3, 4, Ski. 1, 2, 4, Ten 1, 2, 3, 4, Phtg. Cl. 1, 2, V. P. 3, 43 Pg Bd. 2g Fr. Cl. 1, Yr. Bk. 2g Choir 1, 2, 3 4, Rec. Cl. Sec. 4. PETER KENT BOMMER Pete 549 EAST MAIN STREET Batavia, N. Y. Entered Darrow in 1.954 Soc. 4, Ski. 4, Lacr. 43 Outing 4. 59i,2llsll?fI.3Q ll llaifww