Episcopal Academy - Tabula Yearbook (Newtown Square, PA)

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RICHARD NORRIS CLATTENBURG St. Jol'm's Rectory Bala-Cynwyd, Pa. Born July I, 1915. Entered the Academy, 1924. Forestry Club, 1925-26-27-28-Z9-30-31, Assistant Secretary, 1930-31, Chess Club, 1925-26, Camera Club, 1927-28-29, Rifle Club, 1928-29-30, Junto, 1929-30-31, Press Association, 1930-31, Basketball Manager, 1930- 315 Baseball Manager, 1931. Scholastic Prizes, 1926-27-28-30. Harvard. F IT weren't for Dick's winning ways, he would have been massacred long ere now-that doesn't mean that he is now, either. If hc hadn't been willing to help others out of difficulty with his vast memory, he would have been an outcast, for whoever heard of liking a proud prodigy? Dick is a prodigy sure enough, but pride seems to have been omitted. Almost every master has pointed to him as an example for, shall we say, more playful classmates, but he has gone right along, pulling down ninety after hundred, managing basketball and baseball, helping friends in need, and doing such unheard-of things as seeing a movie on a school night with all his lessons prepared. How he does it is a mystery. He comes saunter- ing gayly into class saying among other things that he got in bed at nine the night before. Well, Little is nteederl of to make pass out his neighbor who has struggled until eleven and then given up in disgust. Dick is, as was said before, totally unaffected by his reputation for knowledge, is always ready to help, and always has his work done for next week. He has applied for entrance to Harvard and, once there, he is sure to have a short road to his coveted Rhodes Scholarship. EPISCOPAL ACADEMY 1 1 Twenty-nlno

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THE I93I TABULA Twenty-eight BURTON CHANCE. JR. Radnor, Pa. Born February l-1-, l9l2. Entered the :Xeadeniy, 1923. l ore.:try Club, 1928-29-30-31, Cainera Club, 1929-30, Junto, 1930-31, Soccer Squad, 1930. St. Jnhn's. URTON is not addicted to discourse or philosophizing, but Qperhaps this is the reasonj he is sensible ami level-headed. lie is tolerant and kind, and above all he is genuine. Of all the class, he is one of the truest gentlemen. Ir is questionable if anyone this year has arrived at school ahead of Burkie. The exact time of his arrival is unknown, but it would delight lVIr. Willen's heart, if that master should ever have the opportunity, to see him working over German at eight-thirty in the morning. QOf course Mr. YVillen might come to the conclusion that no German had been done the night before, but after all-.l He played soccer in the fall, but at other times he left school early and spent much of the afternoon in or fiddling about his car, the internal mechanism of which he knows well. Several years ago, he used to go to Paoli on every possible occasion, but eventually he got over that, and now divides his atten- tions between Chestnut Hill, Ambler, Bryn Mawr, and Philadelphia. So, increasing the number of his affections, he has become a philanthropist. VVhat he is going to do next year he has not decided. He is considering entering St. John's. VVhatever he determines upon he will do well, however, and we wish him all the luck in the world.

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THE 1931 TABULA Thirty EDWARD WINSLOW COLKET Strafford, Pa. Born August 14, 1911. Entered the Academy, 1931. Forestry Club, 1930-315 Fencing Team, 1931. University of Pennsylvania. D is a newcomer this year and is known only to a few fellows. Although no one could call him quiet, he did not make a very good mixer with the other boys in his class. He came to us from Radnor High School. He is to be noted especially for his cheery smile and good humor that he keeps all day. Although he is not excellent in his lessons, he manages to plug along and take in, more or less, what is said by the teacher. He never wears a hat or coat, which only goes to prove that all the Eskimos aren't near the North Pole. His excellent work on the fencing team has been not only a help to Mr. Davis and his teammates, but an asset to the very exis- tence of the sport at the school. This seems to be his only serious sport, although he did go out for the football team in the fall. He will enter the University of Pennsylvania in the near future and we hope he carries his smile with no let-up whatsoever.