Governors Academy - Milestone Yearbook (Byfield, MA)

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hoarse. As it was late at night with the foghorn blowing, they were not put in irons. And at the American Embassy in Paris, the Profes- sor had bumped squarely in to Pep Purinton, the dis- tinguished Senator from Vermont. Pep was enjoying a much needed vacation at the expense of the govern- ment. And the Honorable Parker Purinton had been able to give his old classmate access to places, people, and records otherwise beyond reach. The two had visited the l..'Ecole Des Beaux Arts to see the two fine paint- ings by Henry Ahl, who had been studying in Paris for four years and was doing fine work. It was While at the gallery that they met the old class jester, Jesse Paine. But what a Jesse! Jesse was in the tow of a large, portly lady, severe of countenance, and determined of speech, who was quite evidently drag- ging poor jesse to all the galleries in Paris. She left Jesse to care for four children while she inspected the gallery. jesse greeted the two old time friends with keen delight, glad to secure a little respite from the rather overpower- ing personality of his wife. The two old classmates were genuinely sorry for their friend but could do little more than offer their hopes that he would be able to do some of the things that he had planned. The professor tried to get jesse to go to Egypt with him but it was quite impos- sible for Jesse to break away from the family ties. The professor had gone to Egypt alone. And as the events of that trip came back, the Professor laughed out- right. Once more he walked the streets of Cairo and Alexandriag and travelled up and down the Nile gathering material for his book. And once again it was sunset with a long caravan starting out for the distant horizon, and on the biggest camel of them all, singing a little song to himself, his long lean body swaying rhythmically to the lope of his beast, was Jimmie Gardiner. Jimmie was off on another trip to the Upper Nile to add to his laurels as an archaeologist in general and as a collector of Egyptian coins in particular. The Professor had accepted Jimmie's invitation to join him and had spent two wonderful months with Jimmie in a new and weird land. The embers of the fire glowed dully. Outside the world was asleep, unless, indeed, Jimmie was on his camel in far away Egypt. The wind whistled and shrieked by the house and through the bare trees. Pro- fessor Sperry leaned forward and spread his hands to warmth of the coals. The old class of i923 has done mighty well, after all, he mused. ----,.-------------A-..-A v

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CLASS PROPHECY Professor Harry Sperry, lecturer on Aesthetics and Ethics at Yale University, gazed thoughtfully at the glowing embers of his comfortable fire. Outside the wind was howling mournfully accentuating the peace and quiet of the room an-d the comfort of the fire. As he sat there, the smoke from his cigar curling lazily ceilingward, his thoughts drifted back to his European tour, and he smiled as he remembered the meetings with his old class- mates of Dummer. He recalled the meeting with Jewett, Budgell, and Baker in New York before his departure from this coun- try. They had held a wonderful dinner in honor of the event and parted with a regular Dummer cheer as of old. jewett had become a power on Waill Street, and, even more important, had retained his cherubic coloring with remarkable success: Budgell, in addition to becom- ing disgustingly fat, had waxed prosperous beyond all reason with Baker as his partner. The two inseparables had almost cornered the leather market, and with the financial help and influence of Jewett they intended to complete the job. On the boat, the Professor had met Roger Sherman doing a ten mile walk before breakfast, and not looking at all like the eminent jurist that he was. He was on his way to England, ostensibly to attend some important conferences, but in reality to escape domestic difficulties and secure a little vacation. Roger had told of the old stone-crusherf' Joe Brock, coaching a great foot-ball team, and happily married-his wife doing splendid work with the Junior school. And johnny Morris was in charge of all play-ground and physical culture work in the schools of Newburyport. The Professor smiled as he recalled the Dummer re- union held upon finding that Phil Cleland was the chief wireless operator on the boat. Phil had nothing to do from day to day but experiment with wireless, and make the acquaintance of all the beautiful girls on the boat, in which pursuit he was greatly aided by the amazingly bril- liant uniform in which he paraded. Through his kind- ness, the eminent jurist and the Professor of Aesthetics and Ethics had listened with mingled emotions to the very able sermon of the Reverend Rowland Smith, broadcast- ed to all those who cared to hear within a radius of five hundred miles. The three classmates had recalled pic- tures of the Smitty of old giving away ice-cream to the poor and needy in the Commons and in Peirce Hall. And it was Phil Cleland who tore down to them, arms waving wildly, to let them know that the old speed king, Paul Thomas, had won his biggest race at Miami. Tommy had won every automobile race in the country since acquiring a devilish, airplane-engined creation that could make two miles a minute without even being urged. The three had staged a cheering section at once, with Sherm leading and all three bellowing themselves it-.1-.ii-tiivvtvvtfvttivvt--.-ttt-viii-,

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I0 ' II THE QUESTIONAIRE ln the Class of l923 I. Who Brock. is the most popular man in the Class? 2. What '23 man has done the most for Dum- mer? Sherman. 3. What man has done the most for '23? Pur- + I2 I I3 , I4 P I5 inton. 4. Who 5. Who 6. Who 7. Who 8. Who 9. Who . Who . Who Buclgell. . Who . Who . Who . Who the Class Pill? Cleland. the Class Beau Brummel? Morris. the Class Politician? Jewett. the Class Clrubloer, Gardiner. the Class Bull Thrower? Thomas. the Class Bluffer? Baker. is the Class Ladies Man? Smith. is the hanclsomest man in the class? is is is is is is is the wittiest man in the class? Sperry. is the most dense man in the class? Ahl. is the class goat? Paine. is the greatest woman hater? Sherman.