Governors Academy - Milestone Yearbook (Byfield, MA)

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T H E M I L FI S T O N E THOMAS SIMPSON WALKER Boston, Mass. You are one of those that will not serve God, if the devil bids you. General Course Entered School in '25 Preparing for Massachusetts School of Art 2nd Team Football '26, '27 Football Team '28 Hockey Squad '29 Golf Squad '26, '27, '28, '29 Associate Editor of The Archon '29 Art Editor of the Milestone '29 if , , K ' J Tom - Tiny If Tom is not arrested for disturbing the peace with Gargantuan bel- lowsg if he is not hanged for attempted destruction of the White House: if he is not electrocuted for caricaturing some high dignitaryg if he is not burned at the stake for his atheistic doctrines-he will eventually achieve g1'eatness. Combine if you will the face and figure of Lincoln, tremendous bell- bottom trousers, a penchant for dirks, a monocle and side whiskersg add a tremendous pipeg and you have Thomas Walker in his native habitat. Astonishing, ain't it? It is. Tom Walker rooms with Bill Page. He roomed with the latter another year over Mr. Skerrye. We will draw a veil over the sufferings of the patient master. Time will heal all wounds. When Tom wasn't pressing his trousers by slamming his trunk down upon them as they lay prostrate and helpless on the floor, he was throwing knives at his bureau. When he was quiet and peaceful, Bill dragged the trunk around and around the room to get in condition for track. Tom has played footballg he has bent his long body double under the stern gaze of Mr. Peterson at gym classg he has strolled about the golf course muttering strange words to his ball and waving wildly from time to timeg but always, under all circumstances, he was planning caricatures or drawing them. His text-books served but one purpose to Tom-a legitimate field for cartoons. If he saves those books he will make a royal fortune sell- ing them to Dumnier Academy some years hence. Our one hope in this world is to see Tom trying to compress his six feet two into the upper berth on a Boston to Portland boat-and to hear his remarks about the Eastern Steamship Line at the same time. E191

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T II E M I L E S T O N E ROGER WILLIAM PACE Lynnfield, Mass. One man among a thousand have l found: but a woman among all those have l not found. Scientific Course Entered School in '26 Preparing for Bowdoin Captain 2nd Team Football '26 Football Team '27, '28 Hockey Team '27, '28, '29 Baseball Team '27, '28, '29 Track Team '28 junior Prom Committee '28 Mid-Year Prom Committee '29 Circulation Manager of The Archon '28 Editor-in-Chief of The Archon '29 Editor-in-Chief of the lVlileston'e '29 Bill Here we have the busiest man in Dummer Academy. Bill always has something to do and when time threatens to drag, he turns to his corres- pondence list tall femininel and satisfies some fair maiden's prayer with a lengthy epistle. 'Bill' is one ofthe foremost authorities on hockey, baseball, or for that matter any sport. Ile is renowned throughout the Commons for his excellent coffee. When anyone wants anything from string to radio tubes, he always comes to Bill Page. Bill is an athlete and I don't mean pre-warf, He has been a member of every major sport team at Dummer except basketball. He sure knows his pigskins when it is a matter of football, and maybe he can't swing a mean hockey stick, to say nothing of his winged-feet when it comes to the 600, and does that boy sling a nasty horsehide pill! Dunt esk I Bill has roomed with Tom Walker for two years and one of these two years was spent above the Honorable Mr. Skerrye, much to the latter's grief. But every thing has to endg Mr. Skerrye took charge of Pierce Hall and Tom and Bill graduated to the Commons. Thus ended the beginning of a tragedy. Wherever Bill goes and whatever Bill does, he will, above all, be a success, we feel sure. ' l13l

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T ll E M I L E S T O N E WHITE CALDWELL WATSON, JR. Hot Springs, Arkansas Sl1e's beautiful, and therefore to be wooed: Sl'ie's a woman, therefore to be won. Classical Course Entered School in '27 Preparing for University of Arkansas Football Team '27, '28 Basketball Team '28 Baseball Team '28, '29 Cove Scholarship '28 -iur.ior Prom Committee '28 Zncl Prize, Ambrose Prize Speaking '28 Dalton Hamor Baseball Prize '28 Manager School Store '29 Q fn J 1' fwfr' I I ,, l lv 'jf' 1 ll '1 Arkie Yes sah! Arkie is a real product from south of the M. Sz D. line where the girls are belles and the men are Democrats. Probably the hardest problem that Watson had to explain was the terrific flop suffered in his native land of the Al and Joe team of 1928. Arkie's greatest contribution to the school, outside of his general dis- play of Southern chivalry and courtesy, came through the medium of an educated arm. Although the cruel New England weather wrecked havoc on that awm at times, he was able to mow down opposing batsmen with regularity and put Dummer on top in many of its baseball games. Despite a couple of dawgs that also went Republican for the first time last fall, the Hot Springs gentleman flagged all prospective backfield men who essayed to circle his end on the gridiron in a decisive manner. There are times that occur in a life time that try the souls of men. Watson seemed to have two such daily happenings-far more than his share. As the storekeeper and vendor of sweets, the combination of purchasers with poor credit and a smoky lantern that caused much trouble in identifying these gate-crashers , caused a few wrinkles to fur- row the brain of this once handsome youthg and to try to argue with Mr. Prothero that he was equipped fully to pass a Physics course, much better adapted in fact than one Smith, was the other hurdle that daily confronted him and made him view life through a blue colored lens. But all's well that ends well, and we hope to hear of our Arkie going big in the University of Arkansas next fall. IZOI