Governors Academy - Milestone Yearbook (Byfield, MA)

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T H E M I L E S T O N E MORTON BLACK RAE West Newton I Ulf he really thinks there is no distinction between virtue and vice, why, Sir, when he leaves our houses let us count our spoons -Dr. Johnson Entered School in 1920 3 Classical Course Hockey, '30 Baseball, '30 Golf. '30 Circulation Manager of the Milestone, '30 Mort Mort is one of those unfortunate individuals whose intentions are always being misunderstood. Either that. or his intentions are only too well understood. Instinc- tively people regard him with suspicion. To our shame we must admit that we, too, were similarly affected. When we tirst saw him, we placed one hand upon our loose change and the other on our watch. Now such conduct on our part was. of course. a grave injustice. just because Mort looks the way he does is positively no adequate reason for such treatment. If some of us were judged by our looks, where would we be? Despite the fact that Mort played bravely and well on the hockey team, leaped about the basketball floor. and is now engaged in playing both baseball and golf land Mort's victory in the Andover match was the deciding point in our victoryjg despite his arduous t?J pursuit of History. English. and Spanish-Mort suddenly found him- self sent from the sacred confines of the Commons to durance vile in Peirce Hall. Oh, loathsome spot! Life is full of sorrow. With Bunny. Mort spreads discord and dissension, tumult and chaos, around Brookline, Crow Point. and way stations. We are as yet unable to decide whether Bunny leads Mort astray or vice versa. The only facts in the matter are that they are both astray much of the time-definitely and completelyg that they have a natural talent for crises: that they go roaring about in a terrible Lincoln disregarding life and limb: and that they will come to no good end unless they separate. Despite this forbidding reputation we feel sure that, barring the long arm of the law. they will succeed enormously. Such people always do. And our hopes and pray- ers will go with them both. i261

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T H E M I L E S T O N E STUART ARNOLD MCKENZIE Wakefield t'Much may be made of a Scotchmun if he be caught young -Dr. Johnson Entered School in 1925 Classical Course Preparing for Yale junior Prom Committee, '29 Hockey, '28, '20, '30 Baseball, '28, '29, '30 Football, '28 Basketball, '30 Golf, '28, '29, '50 KCMaC7! If silence is golden, here is the poorest man in the country. Were his stature in proportion to his noise, he would be a giant indeed. Mac is small. Mac is tiny. Mac is practically infinitesimal. Yet he has the heart of a lion and voice of a bull. Added to these qualities is a capacity for acting so great that Mac no longer knows which is his real self. His imagination is so vivid that he must exert himself constantly to keep pace with itgand yet he never seems to be weary of chasing it around and around. He imagines himself into a perfect state of love with the greatest ease-for a weekg he imagines desperate ailments whenever he wants a week-end and nearly dies before he reaches the doctorC?Dg he imagines nine- ties in history with complete equanimity. He is the perfect example of the triumph of hope over experience. Despite his lack of brawn, Mac has been one of the mainstays in hockey, basket- ball, and baseball. In odd moments he plays a very fair game of golf. The only reason he cl0esn't play tennis as well is that there is only one of him-which is perhaps just as well for Mac. What would he do if there were another of him about? If Mac succeeds in entering Washington and Lee, the lovely girls of Virginia can look forward to four years of happiness-and Lover, Come Back to Me will achieve a popularity unparalleled. Good luck, Mac! We hope that you will enjoy the years in college as much as you have the years at Dummer. And we shall look to see you achieve even greater renown there. t'Up at Hanover, etc. etc. l25l

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T H E M I L E S T O N E ' EDWARD FREDERICK Ro1:INsoN, JR. Needham 'ATO bring ill--Hf'll7Jl'l1 shield mia lion among wrmzuz is ll mort drmrlfzcl thing - - Shakespeare Classical Course lintt-red School in 1026 Preparing for Yale President of Class of 1030, '27, '28, '20, '30 Junior Prom Committee, 1020 Baseball. '23, '20, '30 Captain, '30 Hockey, '20, '30 Sportsmanship Brotherhood, '30 FreclH Fred is the beauty of the class. Needless to say he is a terror with the women and they fall at first sight. His gentle ways and his physical charms make him the answer to many a maiden's prayer. Yet it is rumored that Fred is at time rather more than ruthless in his manner of breaking hearts ..... Fred has helped athletics at Dummer in a large way. He has been one of the mainstays on the hockey team for the past two yearsg was a perfect imitation of Red Grange until he broke a wrist playing at Manchester, and he is now Captain of the baseball team in which sport he is, as pitcher, quite naturally the cynosure of all eyes, the admiration and envy of all his teammates. Fred's drag with the faculty is something marvelous. His quiet way and air of gentle unsophistication quite undermines the resistance of that august group. Fred has a perfect record in that he has yet to return on time from a week-end. Yet, with a few well chosen words he dispels all doubts and suspicions and is once more taken to the bosoms of the faculty. Fred is headed for Yale. In those five words are contained the faith of his class- mates, the charity of the faculty, and the hopes and dreams of Yale and New Haven. Good luck, Fred. 'tHey, Mac. have you read this one? l27l