Gilman School - Cynosure Yearbook (Baltimore, MD)

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guided us through five years of Upper School life, to Mr. Baldwin, who assumed a position supreme in responsibility for this, our last year here, to the respective advisers of each class member, and to the class advisers, especially those of the Sixth Form, Mr. Russell, Mr. Chandlee, Mr. Hausmann and Mr. Porter, we extend our thanks and fare- wells. We feel confident that this year's Fifth Form can maintain the same standards which we struggled to uphold. To them, and to every member of the School, we bequeath our encouragement and confidence, looking always for improvement in them and in Gilman and remembering our days in their place. U21

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SIXTH FORM COMMITTEE. Sealed: Carroll, R., Carey. S1.1nding: Hollyday, Firor. Sixth Form s we, the Class of 1953, leave the ivied walls of Gilman, it is natural for us to look at ourselves as a group of men, a school class, and as individuals. An equally appropriate attitude, however, recalls to us the thousand memories of school life, the early formation of the mature person, the changes both in ourselves and the School, the passing of fashions, teachers, pupils, objects, and the supplanting of their influences by those of the ever-dynamic present. Of this teaching, both formal and inci- dental, how much have we absorbed? Are we ready, through our preparation, for col- lege, military, and public life? Although U11 these questions, and that of our comparative standing with other Gilman classes, will remain unanswered until the test of time has shown us objectively, it is sure that those principles of honor and truth, combined with the steady inspiration of learning which we have absorbed here, will serve us well through any trial. To those masters who have instilled in us the explicit principles and unspoken attitudes which will continue to endear Gilman to us, and have patiently Qalmost alwaysj borne our ignorance, stubbornness, and occasional merrymaking, we wish to express our in- debtedness. To Mr. Callard, especially, who

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15115,-.qw ' ' 13 Reza Alavi Entered 1951 Ray Literary Club, V, VI, News, VI, Dramatic Association, Vlg Political Club, VI, Pnyx De- bating Club, VI. HARVARD Hunter Holmes Alexander Entered 1947 Hunter Dramatic Association, IV-VI, News, V, VI, Political Club, VI, The Blue and the Gray Business Board, Vlg Varsity Football Squad, VI, Varsity Wrestling Manager, VI. HARVARD Peter Barksdale Alexander Entered 1947, re-entered 1949 Pete Dramatic Association, III-Vlg Christian As- sociation, III, IV, Newr, Vg Political Club, V, VI, Varsity Football Squad, VI, Varsity Wrest- ling Squad, III, IV, Team, V, VI, Varsity Base- ball Squad, VI. VIRGINIA 1 1 I '-1--vnvr