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' ,A V Y ' 1. ,J- , , 'mn ' 'gg ' - 9 'Sem ag. ,M,,j?a.', J L U15 GRCDTCDN SCHCDCDL YEARBOCDK Published by THE SIXTH FORM I I944 THIS BOOK IS DEDICATED TO THOSE MEMBERS OF OUR FORM NOW SERVING IN THE ARMED FORCES 5,x,IIIIIIIIIIIlFg+ N4 f. .v. ' - 1 'K fm 42 t ' f 1: . . ww, M, A x 'W' ' 5,2 , Q X 0 we - 1 FKEDEHC Aiibiv, .II A , . s. f -,P 'IR' w.1 I 1 . - 1. , ' , A , -, ... ,. , . K , , f K A . 50fYl'1'fJl-. ' .h hs' . , V , Lqwf,FpL-rqu' Snrous T Simons' ' A 4 - ' Mxcmuh' 'W Wrim:' Harm? Winans, X 1 FPS-fd f ULTY , The REV. JOHN CROCKER, B.D. PAUL W. WRIGHT, B.A. . ENDICOTT PEABODY, D.D. HENRY H. RICHARDS, A.B. RQSCOE C. THOMAS, A.B. LOUIS C. ZAHNER, B.A. FRANCIS P. NASH, M.A. . WILLIAM S. CUSHING, M.A. . FREDERICK J. DEVEAU, LL.B. A. GURNEE GALLIEN, A.B. RONALD S. BEASLEY, M.A. ARTHUR JORGENSON . . ELIZABETH R. PEABODY . LAWRENCE M. NOBLE, M.A. . MALCOLM STRACHAN, M.A. RICHARD K. IRONS, Ph.D. ALMON L. CALL . . . ROBERT A. MOSS, A.B. . . ERNEST L. LOEWENBERG, Ph.D. EDWARD B. GAMMONS, S.B. . GEORGE W. FREIDAY, JR., A.B. PAUL L. ABRY, B.D. . . . THEODORE E. MOMMSEN, Ph.D. VIRGINIUS C. HALL, A.B. . GEORGE H. BLACKWELL, A.B. HERBERT I. BUTTRICK, JR., A.B. HARRY L. WALEN, A.M. . . ,FPHILIP W. RICHARDS, B.S. RICHARD S. MERYMAN . . J. STUART WICKENS, M.P.E., M.A. JAMES MACL. HAWKES, Ph.D. JOHN PICK, Ph.D .... Faculty . H EA DM AS TER SENIOR MASTER . . Sacred Studies . English . Mathematics . English . Mathematics . Latin and Greek , Latin and Greek . . English History . . Printing Remedial Work . . Latin English, Greek and Sacred Studies . . . . . History . . . . . Woodworking Mathematics and Sacred Studies . . , French and German . . Music . . . . . . French Sacred Studies and Mathematics . . . . History and Latin . . . French . Chemistry ami Physics . History and Latin . . English . Biology . . . . Art Physical Education . French and German . . . . . English 4 Left during the year for the Armed Forces, 'ISI' lvurllz lfnrr: Mr, Z1lIl!l0l , Mr. DcY0au, Mr. Fall, Mr. f:Illlllll0IlH, Mr. I,m'wc-llln-rg, Mr. Slraclmn fhfrll Ifrnr: Nlr. Nash, Mr. lfrcidaly, Mr. Jorge-nson, Nlr. Hawkes, Mr. Yvulvn, Nlr. Nlvrylnaln Nlr. lim-uslvy, Mr. Noble wmurl Ifmr: Mr. f'llSllillg, Mr. Gullivn, Mr. Hull, Nlr. NYrighi, Mr. f1l'04'kl'l', Hr. 'I'hmn:ls Mr. liluckwc-ll, Mr. Buiirick Irnul Ifmr: Mr. Wie-km-ns, Mr. Irons, Mr. Moss, Mr. Mwry, Mr. Pick 191 -Zgf-' xx 5 XJ Q W , X !,1 Q itll xx: W y f j X 7 A ALGER DRESSEL BEAL Lakeville, Conn. FREDERIC AMORY II Dover, Mass. A. U. S. x TDAVID SCULL BIDDLE Bryn Mawr, Pa. U. S. A. A. C. 4121 CHARIJQS S'I'liI.l,E BROWN, jR. New York, N. Y. A. F. S. Gi JRIJON G1 JRIJOX CY 104 IAN Glzulstone, N. Ilarvard -i131 CECIL BROWNE New York, N. Y. 5 TCHARLES HUNTINGTON ERHART, JR. Far Hills, N. J. U. S. A. A. C HENRY POMERUY DAVISON, jR. Oyster Bay, N. Y. TROBERT MILLARD GUUDYEAR New York, N. Y. U. S. A. A. C. 11141 Wll,l.lAM RIVHARIJSON GRANT Chestnut Hill, Pu, l'. S. .V. V-5 l RlCliliRll'K HUBBARIJ GWYNNIQ New York, N. Y. l'. S. N. ILXYIIJ DUXLUP GRAX Greenwich, Conn. l'. S. N. V-5 4151 ALBERT LENOIR KEY, II XVashington, D. C. U. S. A. A. C. EVANS MALOT HARRELL Indianapolis, Ind. U. S. N. R. V-12 TALVIN WILLIAM KRECH, II New York, N. Y. A. U. S. U61 TWILLIAM CALEB LURING Boston, Mass. U. S. C. G. GEORGE WHITNEY MARTIN, JR. New York, N. Y. U. S. N. R. V-12 WILLIAM ELLERY LORING, JR Dedham, Mass. U. S. N. R. V-12 I 4171 ROBERT LEE NESBITT, III Chicago, Ill. DI. I. T. CHARLES FRANCIS MORGAN Washington, D. C. U. S. N. AUSTEN FOX RIGGS, II Cambridge, Mass. Harvard U81 C'Il. XRl.liS PERCY RIMMER, ju. South Hamilton, Mass. I I aruard C'Il1XRI,liS Wll.l ORD SHEERIN, jk. YVz1shington, D. -C. 41. l'. S. 1191 TI-EDGAR SCOTT, JR Villanova, Pu U. S. JI. C. TPHINEAS SPRA GUE Boston, Mass. A. U. S. 'KRICHARD LORD FULTON SIMUNS Longmeadow, Mass. U. S. N. WILLIAM STACKPOLE Tuxedo Park, N. Y. U. S. N. 420k JOHN MONTGOMERY STEPHENS New York, N. Y. A. U. S. RICHARD WHITALL WALSER Sayville, N. Y. Harvard SAMUEL SLOAN YVALKER, JR XVashington, D.' C. Yale 4211 HORACE ORTON WETMORE VVheaton, Ill. If S. N. R. V 5 XRICHARD SALTONSTALL WEST Chestnut Hill, Mass. U. S. N, R. V-I2 TMICHAEL MORGAN XVHITE Boston, Mass. U. S. A. A. C. 'I221' TH E N RY STC DTT WI LLIAMS Smithtown, Branch L. I. A. U. S. ROBERT DUFFIELD WRENN Dedham, Mass. Harvard Ex. I944 IIENEY WISE Worm IJISTLER HUNT SLATER KERRIGAN Go1moN FARQUIIAR AUGUSTUS GARDINER MEANS TEN-ICYCK HAPGOOD JOHN MILLET RICHARD MICTHAI'1L JmIN HELY-HUTCHINSON GEORGE HERBERT SEMLER, JR. RICHARD ITUNTIGR FREDERICK GILMAN SPENCER, JE. T231 FORM HISTORY Your Form History begins, as all Form Histories begin, with your arrival at Groton, 32 strong, on September 20, 1938. It ends, or rather this chapter of it ends, as few Form Histories have ended before it, recording the fact that eleven of you had to leave before the end of your Sixth Form year to serve in the forces of your country. Like the hurricane which descended on the School the day after you arrived, the march of events in the outside world was swift and inexorable. Munich, Czechoslovakia, Poland, France, thc Blitz, Selective Service, Pearl Harbor, Guadalcanal, Stalingrad, Africa, Sicily, round the clock bombing are only words that suggest the tide of events that ebbed and flowed on every continent while you passed from the First to the Sixth Forms. Your six years at Groton were war-filled years in which the ideals of Christian civilization were sorely tried in a confused and suffering world. First Form Year There were 32 of you when you began in 1938. As you came to know each other, you discovered that 13 came from New York State, eight from Massachusetts, three from Pennsylvania, two each from Connecticut and Illinois, one each from New Jersey, Mary- land, Canada, and one from 'way down south in Tennessee. You discovered things about each other apart from the geographical location of each other's homes. You dis- covered that Grant aspired to be boss of the First Form and that it was no mean job to dislodge him, as Spencer and Scott both discovered in the Hundred House basement shortly after the year began. You discovered that Key, the boy from Canada, had a remarkable aptitude for being sent out of class, an aptitude he was to exercise in almost all of his subjects for four years. There were many actors in your form who performed expertly both on and off the stage. Martin, the first to gain recognition, took the part of Viola in Twelfth N ight. In the Choir, Gray and Kerrigan took turns fainting at the eleven o'cloek service on Sundays. So accustomed did you all become to Gray Hkeeling over, that on one occasion Amory, who stood beside him, seeing that the inevitable was going to happen, merely stepped forward far enough for Gray to hit the floor with a thud behind him, and continued singing as if nothing had happened. You discovered that Wetmore liked to draw comic strips during evening period and that W. E. Loring could outlast any of you in an argument, especially if it was about baseball. Of course the greatest excitement of the term came the second night when the hurricane blew down trees and branches all over the School grounds and otherwise iso- lated the School. You cheered when classes were called off for a day and you were turned out to clear up debris, but you protested the following day when only the upper school was allowed to do clean-up work. However, you did your share in the afternoons in place of club football, which was postponed a week. Most of you played on the Thi1'd Club teams, but Grant, Coogan, W. C. Loring and Means made the Second Monadnocks, and Gray and Amory made the Second Wachusetts. The Monadnocks under Mr. Thomas were overwhelmingly successful and allowed Mr. Moss's Wachusetts only two victories. Your first year of dormitory life was one of almost continuous commotion. The inhabitants of the Annex became known as the eternal Okies -there was always 4251 someone moving in or out. In Mr. Strachan's dormitory, Distler, Means, Spencer, Stackpole, Grant and W. G Loring organized nocturnal baseball games. Needless to say, you never enjoyed self-government in your dormitory life. In the dining room, you came under the eternally vigilant rule of Mr. Regan. You learned to call Miss Cram's appetizing dishes by their correct names and to use such words as please pass for 'tsling, and 'fmay I have for shoot me. You learned to pass things first to the master or to spend meal after meal watching the squirrels. In fact, so anxious did you become to satisfy the master's every wish that on one occasion Semler, when asked facetiously by Mr. Noble to inform the Rector that it was time to ring the bell, leapt up from his place and would have delivered the message if an amazed Mr. Noble had not restrained him. The First Form Room, where your historian attempted to hold sway, was also the scene of much wild activity. It was there as much as anywhere that you earned the distinction of being Hthe noisiest First Form in years. The A division of First Form Math, which met there, frequently offered the occasion for civil war as you fought for black-board space. Ten of you would go to the board, and immediately boundaries would be drawn followed by ingenious attempts to alter them and extend them in such a way that the fellow at the end of the board would be writing on the wall. One such episode ended in a near riot, and your historian barely escaped with his life. It seems that Grant had staked out for himself three feet of board space which he was willing to defend with his life. His neighbor, feeling that there had been an unequal distribution of the board, proceeded to erase Grant's boundary and redraw it to his own satisfaction. Grant, who was willing to defend his boundary with his life, did so. Seizing an eraser from the hand of his neighbor, he erased the new boundary and was in the process of re-establishing the old one when he was told that he was out of order and must sit down. Thereupon Grant was overcome by the tragedy of the situation and flung himself on his desk with much weeping and wailing and gnashing of teeth, interspersed with cries of revenge at all who tried to intervene. -E261 Some extraordinary essays were written in the First Form Room that year. One by Martin was entitled Sum Malus Puer and was a form of penance for having done a dreadful thing. I did it, so the essay goes, by holding a book up i11 front of the one I was reading .... Already I hear Lucifer snarling, 'Deceivers are the worst kind of invertebrates there are. Throw them into the fiery furnace' When I think of this, my meagre courage leaves and I'm ready to ask forgiveness .... Adieuf' Another by Gray grew out of an unfortunate experience of reading the encyclopedia during morning school. When asked to write an essay on what he had read, he wrote, I read all about geraniums and Germany, the gila lizard and the ginger plant, giraffes, girl scouts, glaciers, gladiatorial combat, gladiolus and the University of Glascow, gliders, globe fish, gloves, glucose, glue, glycerin, gnats, goiters .... Gray rather distinguished himself as a writer that year. His answer to the Rector's test question, What was last Sunday's sermon about? has become one of the classic Sacred Studies papers in recent years. It was a rather long paper, very neatly written, and went something like this: I always like it when Mr. Williams preaches in Chapel. I like the sound of his voice and the way it goes up and down. But more than that I like the way he sways back and forth in the pulpit .... I don't know what the sermon was about. But not all was play. A lot of woi'k was done. On Prize Day it was announced that Erhart and Sheerin had ranked first and second respectively in the Form. Grant received the woodworking prize. Shortly after the St. Mark's game, Gray was elected Secretary of the Form and Scott and Erhart Councillors. This marked the formal beginning of your participation in school affairs, which was to grow as the years went by. It was typical of you that you went out for everything. When the Band was organized, Ch. Brown and Grant became charter members. Sheerin, Scott, Amory, Millet, Grant, Sprague and Means joined the Fife, Drum and Bugle Corps. - You organized your own activities, too. When the Spring Term opened in a spell of bad weather which postponed baseball, you engaged in cops and robbers with great enthusiasm. The initial announcement of this game at roll call brought down the house and you were very sensitive about it, but it did not dampen your enthusiasm for chasing each other over the grounds every afternoon. The ladder box behind Hundred House became a favorite hiding place and so did the grating around the basement windows of the Chapel. The latter hide-out was particularly maddening to the cops, because you could be seen behind it but not tagged through it, as Spencer discovered in great anguish. When baseball did get under way, almost all of you except Goodyear, who was already showing his pitching prowess on the First Clubs, were on the Third Clubs. You named the two teams after the coaches-the Mossites and the Moorons. The games, which were played on the campus, combined violent debate, mayhem, and a little base- ball. Most of the debating was carried on by Erhart and W. E. Loring, while the rest of you engaged in the mayhem and the baseball. Erhart and Loring were rival first basemen-although feuding would describe the relationship better. Each one fol- lowed the other around like a hawk waiting for him to strike out or commit an error, and then the argument began. During the course of the season, Kerrigan and West were carried from the field in a semi-conscious state. Somehow Kerrigan was hit over the head with a bat. West was knocked out by a wild pitch from Martin. The final game was almost unbelievable. Everybody got a hit. The pitching staff, Davison, Martin, f27l W. C. Loring and Spencer, passed through the box in a steady stream, but still the hitting was heavy. In the last inning, the Mossites were trailing but were determined to win. Martin hit a home rung Coogan hit a home run, Sheerin hit a home run 3--all of them to right field. Then the Moorons moved Wrenn out of right field, and the Mossites lost the season by one run. Soon after the baseball season came your first Memorial Day parade. You drilled every evening after supper. You ordered white ducks and a straw hat. You were meas- ured for the hats during one afternoon period. You all came to period after being measures,-that is all of you but Wrenn. There period was nearly over when in he came. Where have you been? was fired at him before he was halfway in the door. The answer was a series of wild gesticulations around the head. No words were necessary. You knew that the hatter had been faced with a crisis, and that it had taken 30 minutes to find a solution. The year drew to a close with the Rector's announcement to the school at supper on June 13th that the Rev. John Crocker had been elected to succeed him as headmaster at the end of the next year. The previous February the Rector had written the Trustees, The time has come when it seems wise to express my intention to resign from the position of headmaster of the School . . . The Weekly reported the election of Mr. Crocker in these words: We are very pleased 'to hear that he has accepted, and, despite deep regret at having the Rector resign, welcome him to the School. During the last weeks of the Spring Term, you went to Baddacook nearly every day. In the evenings you listened to the Rector's reading on his steps. You reviewed for exams. And you began to look forward to being old boys in the near future. Second Form Year When Second Form year opened, you were joined by Simons, Harrell, Biddle, Ce. Browne, Rimmer, Walker, Walser and Gwynne. The names of the last two you learned in an unforgettable scene in Mr. Robertson's Science class. Mr. Robertson was entering the names of the new boys in his class book when he came to Gwynne. What is you name? he asked. Gwynne replied in sounds that might be recorded as follows : ' 'Uh-u h-aah-er-ah-Gwynne-sir.' ' Now let me see, said Mr. Robertson, do you spell that G-W-I-N-S-E-R? A roar went up in the room, and when the correct spelling had been discovered he turned to Walser- And your name? After some hesitation, Walser replied, ''Uh-uh-aah-er-ah-Walser. Oh yes, said Mr. Robertson, W-A-L-L. ' Mr. Strachan was away on Sabbatical this year and his place was taken by Mr. Calhoun and later in the year by Mr. Philbrick. The war had just started and seemed far removed from your lives at Groton. On Armistice Day the Weekly editorialized, . . . As we think of war-torn Europe, and of those brave men that died and are dying on the blood-stained battlefields, we ought to thank God with all our hearts that we are not also involved in this Second World War. Football began on the first Monday of the term. Key and Amory were on the First Wachusetts, and Grant and Kerrigan on the First Monadnocks. On the Second Clubs, Simons, Goodyear and Coogan were outstanding on the Monadnocks, and Gray, fl28l' Sheerin and Scott starred for the Wachusetts. It was the longest Second Club season in recent years, extending 10 days after the St. Mark's game. Gray led the Wachusetts, but in spite of his able leadership and accurate passing, the deciding game went to the Monadnocks, 6-0. Other events of the Fall Term were: squibbing, in which Gwynne was portrayed jitterbugging in front of a radio, breathless paper chases with Mr. Williams 5 Key's departure from Studio for the remainder of the year Cthis became a custom during the next two yearsj-and Spencer's UBROWNIES l l l which nearly took the portraits off the walls at supper one hight. More dramatic talent was unearthed by Mr. Beasley when he decided to put on three one-act plays at the end of the term. Martin, who was an old hand at it by now, had a lead in The Pipe 'in the Fields, and Amory had a lead in The Old Lady Shows Her Medals, although Stackpole and Millet nearly stole the show as two eharwomen. Off-stage tragedy was portrayed by Wrenn, when, after spending several terms setting a page of St. Anselm by hand, he dropped the galley on the floor. Nesbitt joined the Form in the Winter Term. Shortly after the beginning of the term, the whole School took the Time Magazine current events test. Sheerin lead the Form with an 85, and Martin was second with a 72. The play was Charley's Aunl. Stackpole played the leading role, and Stephens, Amory, and Martin all had supporting parts. Fives was very popular. Goodyear, who had won the Form competition the year before, won the lower school tournament this year. Owing to prolonged sick- ness, the School was in quarantine all term and the dance had to be postponed and later called off. This was a great disappointment to Goodyear, who had set himself up the previous year as the official candid cameraman, thereby gaining admittance to the tea dance. Probably the highlight of the Winter Term was the gigantic snowball fight in the field by the Nashes. After building a fort that rivalled Tieonderoga, you challenged the combined First and Third Forms. Little did they know that you had used all the snow within throwing distance of the fort in its construction, and that their fire power conse- quently would be weakened. But they were not to be outdone. They dragged over chunks of ice from the Hallowell's house and engaged in a fierce combat that resulted in many casualties and stained the ramparts of your fort red. You would have lost the battle had not the Fourth Form appeared miraculously Cwas it planned?l and turned the campaign into a melee that lasted until the outside rang. The long-awaited Spring Term finally arrived. Cops and Robbers appeared again, as well as baseball, swimming, marching, after supper ballgames and the Form picnic. But this Term was different, for it was to bring to a close the R,6ClfO1',S head- mastership of the School. During the year a movie of the highlights of the year was made, and Mr. Nichols compiled a book of anecdotes of the Rector and Mrs. Peabody. During the Spring Term, the School was visited by a writer and a photographer who were preparing a story on Mr. Peabody for the Saturday Evening Post. On May 7, 55 graduates representing each Form in the history of the School returned to express their gratitude to the Peabodys and to wish them every happiness for the future. Your Form distinguished itself in baseball when Goodyear pitched in the St. Mark's game and won his letter. The Wachusetts won both the Club baseball seasons. During the season Coogan lived a sort of nomadic existence half way between Second and Third Clubs. After informing the umpire of a Second Club game what you need is a i291 9 pair of opera glasses, he was exiled to the Third Clubs. Arriving on the Third Club dia- mond in the middle of a very close game and threatening to win the game for whichever team accepted him, he was flatly turned down by both coaches. And then began his wanderings. That he finally redeemed himself is evidenced by the fac t that he hit a home run for the Second Monadnocks in the final game of the season. Evening school in Spring Term is always a time when anything can happen. This year a bat zoomed in one door of the Hundred House School Room and like a rocket bent on destruction in the next county zoomed straight out the other door. You all ducked, but Mr. Jorgenson had seen it happen before and without lifting his eyes warned you to keep working, boys. On another occasion, Amory threw Martin's hat in the bowl of a light fixture, where it caught fire. However, Groton teems with ama- teur firemen, so the hat never had a chance, and period started on time! Memorial Day will be remembered as the first occasion when the Band marched in the parade. Grant, Ch. Brown, Sprague, Means, and Martin were all members of the Band. It performed well, although the members expressed a certain amount of regret that the Concord band, which was also in the parade, also knew Military Escort. Third Form Year When you returned in Third Form year you found the Crockers here. There were two new masters, Mr. Loewenberg, who took Mr. DeVeau's classes 5 and Mr. Kromer, who replaced Mr. Williams. There were five additions to your Form. Beal, R. Hunter, Hely- Hutchinson, Hapgood, and Farquhar. This made the total of your Form 42. Scott, Sheerin and Davison were your Form officers. Stephens was Editor-in-Chief of the Weekly, Martin, Associate Editor, Scott and Sheerin, Business Managers, Goodyear and Simons, Sports Editors, and Stackpole, Morgan, West, Erhart and Walker, Press Editors. As soon as the year was under way, the Groton British Relief Fund was organized with Scott your representative. Beef-eaters' dinners fmeatless mealsj were inaugurated to raise fur ds for a mobile canteen. Knitting took the School by storm, and it was not an unaccustomed thing to see you come into class with needles in hand and wool trailing out behind. Except for a few of you who lived in Mr. Strachan's dormitory you were all in Brooks House this year. There you soon became acquainted with the roof between Mr. Wright's and Mr. Iglchart's dormitories. In the latter's dormitory you organized frenzied poker games with everything wild. In the basement you organized shoe- shining syndicates, in which Coogan 's 3598 profit showed that he was the chief tycoon of the Form. 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This term witnessed the opening of the Food Shop, and you were part of a crowd estimated at 2500 which attended the opening ceremonies. You stood in awe as the President of the Missionary Society made Mr. Wright as long as he shall live, Honorary Chief of the Coca-Cola division, and you cheered as he sold Mr. Crocker the first drink. A week later the faculty surprised you with the Happy Faculty Hour. A few days after that a serious forest fire broke out near Groton. You resented being kept on the School grounds while the upper school went off to fight the fire far into the night and for two days afterwards and concluded the Weekly's write-up of it with We of the Lower School were forced to remain at home for the next two days and our envy of our elders is inexpressiblef' On Prize Day it was announced that Scott and Erhart had led the Form during the year. Morgan and Stephens won the printing prize and Grant the choir cup. 'With the end of the year came the announcement of the retirement after many years of service to the School of Messrs. Regan, Richards, and Lynes. Fourth Form Year Fourth Form year introduced you to the use of studies and the consequences of their misuse. Martin, Erhart, and W. E. Loring were the first to experience the woes of exile, when, after being sent into the schoolroom 23 times, they were finally locked out of their study. Goodyear and Means organized poker games in their study. Gwynne liked just to look out of the window in his study until a terrifying experi- ence put an end to the practice. One night as he gazed into the outer blackness and mused on some past experience, his face lit up with a smile. Soon he was laughing to himself, but catching sight of his reflection in the glass, he woke up from his trance. Once more his face regained its solemnity. But to his horror the reflection did not. Trying to regain his composure and control of his reflection, he stared at it, made faces at it, glowered at it, but the reflection only grinned at him. As a last resort, he flung open the window only to find Farquhar apparently suspended in mid-air leering in at him. In a somewhat similar circumstance Sheerin was on the outside looking in at the proceedings of a seance. So fascinated did he become at what he saw that he decided to join the group of mystics. Impulsively he pushed his head inside the window. There was a resounding crash-he had forgotten to open the window. Amid the sound of fall- ing glass and the cries of the startled occupants of the room someone was heard to shout, Good gracious, it's Uncle George! The new additions to the faculty this year were Mr. Gammons, Mr. Freiday, Mr. Satterthwaite and Mr. Comstock. On the School birthday you bought picnic lunches and headed straight for the river. The account of that day is somewhat hazy, but it includes Means dancing a conga on the railroad bridge over the Squannacook, Goodyear dropping rocks from the bridge through Krech's canoe, and one near homicide involving Hapgood. That same railroad bridge figured in another incident. A group of you hoisted White's and Walker's canoe f32l up under the bridge and tied it in such a way that they could only rescue it by cutting the ropes, thereby causing the canoe to drop into the river and float downstream. There was no other way so they did, and it did. Two of you saw action in the St. Mark's game-Gray and Key-, and the rest watched a smashing Groton victory. During the Fall Term, you supplied many heelers for the stores and the Dramat. Wrenn and Nesbitt operated the stationery Store and were thoroughly baffled by the number of slips signed A, Hitler. You attended Mr. l+'reiday's Book Fair. In the Spring Term eight of you became librarians. Although you studied St. Benedict's rule, its precept, Hstabilitas loci, seems to have made little impression on you, at least as far as your dormitory life was con- cerned. Intramural visiting in the early hours of the morning seems to have been an ordinary occurrence. Perhaps to ward off possible night attack by unexpected visitors, you all suddenly bought blackjacks, except for Farquhar, who procured a machete. Ce. Browne went to great pains to get a blackjack that would match his evening clothes so that he could go around New York at night unmolestedf' Your dormitory escapades were not always successful. Mr. DeVeau, discovering Walker out of his cubicle, reported to his prefer-ts, HI caught him like a sitting cow. The news of Pearl Harbor struck the School like a thunderbolt. The war, which up to that time had seemed far away, suddenly was in our midst. You heard Sixth Formers discussing an accelerated college program by which they might complete their course before being called for military service. You inspected the air raid shelters in the basements and took part in your first air raid drill. You debated the advisability of bombing Japanese cities. Your studio class conducted a campaign to educate the School in turning out lights and taking better care of School and personal property. War time was inaugurated during the Winter Term. The O.P. appeared atop the Schoolhouse. The faculty began taking first aid, air raid warden, and fire fighting courses. Before the year was over, Messrs. Iglehart and Nichols had left for the armed forces and at the end of thc year Messrs. Howes, Hallowell, Whitney, Robertson, and Comstock followed them. The Dramat season was one of the longest on record. Although only one play was produced, the Dramat was in session from November until May, owing to a post- ponement of the play-dance week-end. The play was The Petrified Forest. According to your own account of the play, Martin was miscast as Jackie, Gwynne said fifty miles southwest of here and later where? Walker said five men and a blonde, and Gray said this must be a holdup. It was also your feeling that most of the Dramat's effort was devoted to sound effects. , The annual migration of the birds brought an end to Riggs's hibernation. For- saking his bed at an early hour, he would range far and wide over Groton's drumlins before the outside began to sound in the ears of his somnolent formmates. It was a foolish bird who thought he could get by Groton undetected. Riggs himself did not always escape notice on these excursions. On one occasion during the Spring vacation he drew the attention of the Cambridge police. Some alert citizens summoned them when they observed a suspicious character lurking in the bogs around the Cambridge reservoir scanning the scenery with binoculars and making entries in a notebook. Riggs found it difficult to explain to the skeptical policemen the exact nature of his mission, but the contents of his notebook helped. The Spring Term once more saw Goodyear shut-out St. M81'k,S. The Band, al- though forced to cancel its first out-of-town engagement, was more than pleased to be 4331 given full sway over the Memorial Day parade. Form picnics were given up owing to the shortage of gasoline, but many of you walked to Baddaeook on the Choir and Merit Holiday. Next to the Band's concert in the Groton Town Hall, the noisiest event of the term was Beal's clandestine experiment with some uncongenial chemicals which re- sulted in the demolition of a certain convenience in the basement of Brooks House. The end of the year brought the announcement that owing to the shortage of maids, the following year boys would wait on table and make their beds. This wartime service to the School was expanded as the year went on to include work squads, snow squads, coal squads, and labor battalions to help out in the neighboring orchards. Fifth Form Year Over the summer Messrs. Sullivan and Moore left for the armed forces, so that when you returned in September you faced an array of eight new masters, Messrs. Abry, Hall, Blackwell, Mornmsen, Walen, Buttrick, P. W. Richards, and Meryman. After a year at the Episcopal Theological Seminary, Mr. Strachan returned to share the chap- plain's duties with Mr. Abry. At Christmas time Mr. H. H. Richards was back on the job to replace Mr. Satterthwaite, and Mr. Wickens arrived to take the place of Mr. Nelson. Mr. Wickens introduced you to a physical fitness program that intimi- dated even such Charles Atlas disciples as Coogan, Beal, and Goodyear. He designed a commando course which was constructed behind the gym and announced its com- pletion in roll call with the challenge, The commando course is in good shape, are you ? W. C. Loring was and set the record time on it. During the Fall Term you began to assume greater responsibilities in the various School organizations. Over half the form began to enter the widespread activities of the Missionary Society. Rimmer and Ch. Brown were assistant managers of the Book Store. Walker became Secretary-Treasurer of the Athletic Store and Gray, Scott, Er- hart, W. C. Loring and Simons worked behind the counter. Assistant managers of the Dramat were Grant, Simons, Sheerin, and Erhart. W. E. Loring operated the Second- Hand Store with uncanny success. Several of you became bell ringers. You helped to man the O.P. In addition to these activities, you did your part to make the Schoo1's new self-help program a success. The School Birthday dinner was not entirely as lavish as on previous occasions, the most notable omission being the cakes. The singing of John Brown's Body was revived and changed key about the same number of times as formerly. At the con- clusion of the dinner, Mr. DeVeau led you in Blue Bottles, which numbered 58 this year. A You occupied Mr. Thomas's and Mr. Wright's dormitories. In the former, you seem to have had great difficulty waking up before the first. Once up however, you re- acted quickly , dressing was a matter of seconds. And as the last began to ring, you charged out of the door like a comet with Wrenn riding on the tail. In the latter dormi- tory, your love of reclining the bath tub seems to have provoked difficulties. On one occasion Beal was to take a bath, but Scott beat him to it. No matter how violently Beal argued, Scott refused to budge, claiming that Mr. Wright had sanctioned his usurp- ing of the tub. Well, you can tell Mr. Wright for me announced Beal, that he is off the beam. Suddenly feeling the presence of a third party in the room, Beal turned i34l' around and discovered he had given the message direct. Look gents, said a familiar voice, even his back is red. Two notable incidents occurred in your classes. Mr. Meryman, who was in charge of the studio, showed you how work and pleasure could be easily combined. This does not refer to inhaling stogie smoke while painting but to the partaking of a delicious dinner at the Ritz on the occasion of an art exhibition in Boston. For the first year in three, Key was not banished from the studio. In Math class the 364 question went to Coogan, who arrived in class one day with his rubbers on. Asked Mr. Wright, Afraid of losing them ? Nine of you, Grant, Davison, Sheerin, Amory, Biddle, Martin, Scott, W. C. Lor- ing and Coogan, saw action in the St. Mark's game, which compares favorably with the two who played in it the previous year. The game, which ended 6-0 for Groton, was played in Mr. Noble's words, under the most difficult weather conditions. . . . The temperature was 15 degrees above zero, the ground was frozen as hard as a rock and an icy gale swept across the field with cruel velocity. Spectators and players were numb most of the time. The lowering of the draft age to 18 brought you new problems. To some of you it meant that your formal schooling would end with Fifth Form year. Others could look forward to only a half of Sixth Form year, and they began to plan summer work so that they might receive the School's diploma before leaving. You began to familiarize yourselves with the workings of the Selective Service law and to investigate some of the special programs offered by the Army and Navy. Mr. Crocker announced to you the creation of the war diploma to be awarded to boys who leave for the services. From Thanksgiving, when many of you managed to locate relatives within visiting distance of the school, to the end of the term was a short time, but it was crammed with activities: Mr. Gardner's Birthday, the opening of the Dramat season, the carol service on the last Sunday of the term, and the Rector's reading of Dicken's Christmas Carol. The play and the dance occupy the dominant place in your account of the winter term. In his review of Leave It to Psmithn fthe P is silent as in a lot of wordsl, Mr. Frei- day said that as a play it was light stuff but with professional aplomb the Dramatic Association recognized this as a desideratum of its current production and tossed it off expertly. He commended Gwynne, whose physical distortion must receive gym- nastic as well as histrionic laurels and commented on Stackpole's poise and competence even though the title role did not allow his talent to flourish as it formerly had in charac- ter parts. The dance was notable for your first appearance as invited guests and for the sensational lighting effects Simons and Morgan helped devise. When the Spring Term opened, Biddle had already enlisted in the Army Air Corps, and W. C. Loring, Williams, Goodyear, Erhart, Krech, Sprague, White and Scott were making plans for entering the services at the end of the year. None of you was more able than White to advise complex plans in this connection. You became accus- tomed to bidding him farewell in the morning and welcoming him back at night as the college of his choice repeatedly failed to materialize. No outside races for the crew were scheduled, owing to the difficulty of trans- portation, but there was a close Club season. Biddle, the hrst Wachusett Stroke, Grant, Rimmer, Amory and Walker won their letters. The baseball team was defeated C2-lj by St. Mark's, Goodyear pitching in his fourth St. Mark's game. Gray, Martin, Erhart and W. C. Loring also got their letters. i35l The end of the term brought an increased tempo to the extra-curricular activities. Form singing got under way in preparation for the last night 3 under the apple trees, the Band gave an informal concert, which was much enjoyed 5 12 of you inherited Sunday School classes 5 Gray took over the Athletic Store and Ch. Brown the Book Store 5 Memorial Day brought the traditional parade to the Cemetery. Of this, Walser reported in the Grotonian, Although it was a perfect day and everything went off ac- cording to schedule, marchers were subjected to the usual indignities-'seeing bandsmen being whisked off to the village booting loudly, and being trampled underfoot in the mad rush for ice cream and coke at Bruce's after the parade. The May services in the Town Hall were noteworthy for the excellence of the speakers and for the revival of the ancient custom of holding the bridge on the way down and back. The last of these services presented Williams and Beal with a situation from which they found it difficult to extricate themselves. Having been offered a lift back to the school by Mr. Noble, they rushed from the Town Hall and piled into what they thought was the Nobles' station wagon. Their excitement attracted five or six others, who climbed all over the car to await the Nobles in hopes they too might be given a ride. However, it turned out not to be the Nobles' car at all, and when a group of utter stran- gers arrived asking if anything was wrong with their car, the group of hangers-on melted away, leaving Williams and Beal to withdraw from the back seat with what dignity they had left. The year was brought to an end with Mr. Crocker's announcement that Grant, Davison, Martin and Rimmer had been elected prefects and Sheerin senior prefect for the coming year. i361 U M C. W1 -' 2, in f x fx 1 'V ,A x X fi E C A 'f' 1 eng KSZQN 5 '?0 5585 W ff :N 515' 'ff' f 1 I f,.,g..L,g gag? fir' 9 if 4-S !1 wa ' -3 A X., V, xm few bm, 0 THE FCRMS Third Roux' Ce. Browne, Beal, R. VVrenn, R. VValser, W. E. Loring, Martin, D. Gray, Ch. Brown C. Morgan, A. Key, Nesbitt Second Roux' Harrell, Riggs, Stephens, G. Coogan, S. W'alker, Front Row: Rimmer, Grant, She-erin, H. Davison ,ll1'x.w1'11g .' ll. Vtvetmorc Sixth Form Senior Prefect CHARLES VVILFORD SHEERIN, JR. J unior Prefect H undred House Prefect WILLIAM RICHARDSON GRANT HENRY POMEROY DAVISON, JR. Projects of the School FREDERIC AMORY II CHARLES STELLE BROWN, JR. DAVID DUNLOP GRAY GEORGE WHITNEY MARTIN, JR. CHARLES PERCY RIMMER, JR. i38 I Sixth Form Year It is the purpose of the Yearbook to record your activities during your Sixth Form year, and your historian does not intend to duplicate what appears elsewhere on these pages. It is fitting, however, that your History should contain some mention of the magnificent leadership you gave the School during the year of years. Beginning the year with 25 members, your Form was reduced at mid-years to only 22. But what you lacked in numbers you made up for in a unanimity of purpose and a willingness to tackle any job. To all of your Sixth Form responsibilities you brought a boundless energy, a close attention to details, and above all a fund of humor, which made your influence on the School community both deep and delightful. Arriving back a day early to help prepare for the opening of School, you served as a welcoming committee when 40 new boys arrived the next day. You also wel- comed two new masters, Mr. Pick and Mr. Hawkes. When the year was under way, Amory, and Gray and C'h. Brown were elected School prefects. Walker took over the Grolonian, which became distinguished for a series of sketches by Gwynne of various School personalities. Usually more concerned with the problems of filling its pages, the Editors were presented with the new problem of expunging from the minds of its readers the unwholesome implications of Davison's article on the Mish Ford. Under Grant's leadership the Missionary Society supplied teachers for four Sun- day Schools, operated the most successful Christmas parties ever attempted, re-estab- lished the Groton Boys Club, supplied six workers for the Ayer U.S.O., and began a new affiliation with the School Camp. The School's support of the Society was clearly evidenced when the annual drive, which was conducted by Gray, brought in over two times the money asked for. In addition, the Society's Food Shop under Harrell's ef- ficient management continued to supply the Society with funds and the School with an assortment of carbohydrates. No small part of the credit for the success of the Christ- mas parties went to Gwynne QBalderdash and Pootoo Incorporatedj, to Key QSanta Clausj and to the rubber walnut. On the School Birthday, your long-awaited turn at squibbing came. You chose as your theme A Day at School, which gave you an opportunity to do what you really wanted to do-take off the faculty. Your many years of experience at this game had made you past masters of the art, and your art, which did not suffer from public exhibition, was thoroughly enjoyed by victims and spectators alike. The football team, led by Gray and managed by Walser, played one of the long- est seasons in School history, and except for a 20-0 defeat at the hands of English High, won every other game and climaxed the season with a breathless victory over St. Mark's. One great advantage of your Sixth Form year, you claimed, was the increased scope of your social life! The dances at Forge Village, and at Lowthorpe School, where one of your number became involved with a chimney, and finally The Dance, which was efficiently planned and run off by Coogan and Ce. Browne. The scope of Davison's social life was somewhat increased on one occasion by the sudden intrusion into his study of a completely unknown and rather unsteady gentleman who wanted to borrow a raincoat. Since it wasn't raining, Davison thought he ought to investigate further. What followed was an earful of the man's life story and an eyeful of cigarette ashes, which as he spun an hour-long tale of woe, the visitor per- 4391 sisted in flicking in Davison's face. Unable to stand it any longer, Davison finally turned the man over to Mrs. Cross, who took up the case from there. Ping-pong made its appearance in the School during the Winter Term. Two tables were placed in the Toise room, and Nesbitt inaugurated a new Sixth Form job as keeper of the key to the Toise room and custodian of the ping-pong balls. At mid-years Amory and West, who had accelerated their course by attending summer school, became the first Grotonians to receive diplomas in a February graduation. You assembled in the Hall after Chapel on February 6 to hear addresses by the Rector and Mr. Washburn and to bid your form-mates farewell. In a few short months you will follow them. You will go out to face a most un- certain future, which will be fraught with great decisions. VVith you will go the hopes of those who knew you at Groton that you will play no small part in shaping a better world of the future. With you will go the prayers of those who remain at Groton that the Faith on which this School was founded may compel you to a life of service. You will be remem- bered along with all the graduates of the School in the familiar words of Mr. Gardner-'s prayer. A' . . . Be Thou by their side when the da1'k hour shall come upon them. Strengthen them when they stand, comfort and help them when they are weak-hearted, raise them up if they fall. Let the Cross never grow dim to their eyes .... The Form Taken in I939 440 I I Standing: Prescott, Peltz Third Row: St. Brown, MacShane, J. Curtis, Perrin, NIcNenly, Pomeroy, T. Nzmgle, Scheffelin Second Roux' Romig, R. Lawrence, G. Dwight, Vreeland, G. Low, G. Lodge, Carter, Shedden, dehfenocal, Sibley, Front Rmr: T. West, VVood, D. Key, C. Grosvenor, Day O Fifth Form 1421 ' ,. an... V xt-0 ,A ..- . W I Flfllz lf0ll'f Lulhrop, J. Lawrence, f'h:1nrller, Custer, R. Stevens, Hooper l 0lIl'flI Raw: fbolizlge, Trowbrirlge, P. Kunharclt, Robins, Gardiner Thirfl lfmr: Powers, WVhitney, Field, Hunter, G. Brewer, G. VVnlser, G. Palmer, Hutchins, Real fielfl, l'e:1hody Swwnnrl Ifmr: Hari, D. Carter, Simpkins, Starring, Ilwoschinsky, Hnnnewell, Kflllllllllililf, Steven son, M. Morgan, G. Davison, G. Wrenn, Train, II. Welch, James, Aus-hinc-loss Front lfurr: Lillle, Sh. Brown, Zulnriskie, J, Gray, Pulnznm, Wnulverlon Fourth Form 443 lr Fourth Roux' G. LaFarge, Bordman, F. Wetmore, Bator, D. Stevens, T. hforgan, Purdue - Matthews Third Row: Webster, Hitchcock, Bator, Metcalf, Robb, Baco, Luther, J. Dwight, M. Brewer Szfronfl Razr: Kirk, McNealy, R. Nangle, Harper, Taylor, J. S. Brown, hlackay-Smith, Booth, Osborn Front Roux' Scott, 'I'. Brown, hfurshall, E. Auchincloss, R. Grosvenor, A. Morss, Foster, D La wrcnce Third Form Fnurflz lfmr: Smlgc-wick, Barber, Urosslnan, Frothinghnm, NlCGl'0il0E', Hopkins, Smith, Hull' K. Knnhanrrlt Thirfl Ifmr: Sniilln-rs, Frm-km-r, Storm-y, Ruthhun, Nlillikvn, B. ilwoschinsky, Pullncr, .hnury T. Loring, Farwell, Emory Scwmrl Row: li. White, Mya-rs, Birckhcud, WVhito, Skamscr, While, lirlmri, lludlcy, J. Davison Ii. Lmigl' I rnnl lfmr: D. Low, Jnllnsun, iinnnons, llzlrllvli, l'1-uslou, linker, Mcfzlgg Second Form 1451 Standing: N. VVelch, J. lllorgan Second Row: Iladden, ll. VValker, Dougherty, Ketchum, E. Nlorss Front Row: Tucker, Glessner, W. Lalfarge, Mali, Williams, Townsend, Crowell First Form 146 lf A M XJ 1 W gas 2 U M-iii-if I v-N 5' Q 'ff , 'jcifff' V, I ,i ORGANIZATIONS Q lim-L' lfmr: ISI-nl, R. Wrc-nn, Gwynne, Martin, Sixnons, W. E. Loring l rnnI ltuw: llurrvll, l,2lViSOIl, S. Wlulkvr. R. VVIIISI-r, C. Morgan The Grotonian 111410114114 W. 1WAR'l'IN, Jn. l+'Iu4:IIIfInIcK II. GWYNNII: RICIIAIIII L. F. SIMONS 1fllSflLl'8S Illanag1 1's IIIQINIIY P. I,AVISON, Jn. RUIIIQIVI' IJ. WIIILNN Editor-in-Chief SAMIIIQL S. VVALKER, JR. Litvrary Editors Assistant Press Editors RICHARD W. WALSILR ALliI+IR IJ. BI-:AL WILLIAM IC. LORING, Jn. Press Editors EVANS M. HAnIucI.I, CIIARLES F. MORGAN JASON I . WIIITNI-LY, Jn. G. IIAROLD WIQLCII, Jn. 1491 Third Row: R. Wrenn, Harrell, Ce. Browne, Beal Second Rout: W. E. Lorin g, Mr. Mors, D. Gay, Gwynne, Coogan, Stephens, A. Key Front Rouf: Rimmer, Grant, H. Davison Mi Vice President HENRY P. DAVISON, JR. Faculty Adviser MR. MOSS Investigation Ojicer JOHN M. STEPHENS Food Store Sales Manager CECIL BROWNE Boys' Club Manager GORDON G. COOGAN Christmas Party Cornrnitte ssionary Society President WILLIAM R. GRANT Secretary-Treasurer CHARLES P. RIMMER, JR. Publicity Ojicer FREDERICK H. GWYNNE Chaplain MR. ABRY Assistant Investigation Ojicer W. E. LORING Food Store Treasurer ROBERT D. WRENN Food Store Supply Manager EVANS M. HARRELL Boys' Club Assistant Manager ALBERT L. KEY e Manager Old Clothes Comrnitte Manager ALGER D. BEAL fl50l lfourtlz Row: Beal, J. Stephens, Sheerin, C. Morgan, lfartin, Grant, hir. Beasley, Sedgwick Tllirrl Row: Coolidge, Shedden, liuior, Matthews, Gwynne, 'l'. Brown, HI. hforgun, Hooper Src-onrl lf0ll'.' Vreelund, Rulhhun, Simpkins, VV. Lalfarge, Scheffelin, Sh. Brown, Gardiner, G. Davison, VVoolverton Front lfolr: G. Dwight, M:1cShane, Carter, R. C. Grosvenor, G. 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Lal arge, Mali, Crocker, Myers, Crowell, Williams, Sedgwick, Glessner TEntered Armed Services at end of Fifth Form year. 'Entered Armed Services during Sixth Form year. Choir 1521 Thin! Ifozr: Yreelund, Zabriskie, Mr. Freiday, Pomeroy, G. Lodge, Romig, Townsend, Hunne- wvll, Purdue, G. VVrenn, Mncshane, Mr. Richards, Scheffelin, Nfr. Gammons, Prescott, Matthews, G. Lul arge, Hutchins, Robb, Mr. Abry, J. Dwight, C. Morgan Sw-mul Itmr: Pettz, Foster, M. Morgan, Wood, S. Walker, Martin, Ch. Brown, Mr. Wright, Mr. l,l'Vl'illl, Sh. Brown, I . Wetmore, D. fatter, Mr. Fall, Mr. Noble, Rimmer, Trowbrirlge, Grant, St. Brown l ruul lfmr: 'l'. Nunglv, J. S. Brown, Butor, Amory, Nesbitt, J. Lzuvrence, Butor, Peabody, D. Sl:-vt-ns. Luther Band 4531 a ,y , n. 9 lx 1 C--,' V 4 Q!Nf' ' '1 Q s V Xsf if f . x - rosa' 5 fi? ,- - 44. ., 49 . , ZA 1-N -' 1 A d G xv ,in f HLET X 0 bf ' K wig ? v D V ,W Football Perhaps the most exciting thing about the season of 1943 was the fact that, after 10 years of a fairly stereotyped and yet consistently successful single wing formation modeled on that of the Columbia maestro Lou Little, Groton branched out this fall into what has sometimes been called the new and glamorous streamlined version of the oldest formation in football, namely the T formation. Groton School has, for reasons I've never been able to fathom, been known in some quarters as a conservative school. The facts do not bear out the reputation. From its very earliest days the history of Groton reveals a fearless pioneer spirit in search- ing for and trying out new and better methods of attaining its objectives. The Groton Press is only one example of the sort of thing which-so-called Progressive schools were to discover years later. It is perhaps not generally known by most boys in the school today that the mouse-trap play, so famous in modern football, as well as the six-man defensive line, and the popular slashing style of end play, were invented at Groton by Mr. Ayrault at a time when such manoeuvers were unheard of. The modern T formation, used during the past three years in certain college and professional ranks where the material was outstanding, has been shunned by most colleges and secondary schools on the grounds that it required extraordinary talent and too much practice. That was the Groton position until Mr. Wright one day talked to a middle Western high school coach who had used the T successfully for three years and who convincingly exploded all the conventional theories as to why it wouldn't work in a small prep school which had only average material. Result-the Groton pioneer spirit reasserted itself, and it was decided by the coaches and the captain that we had the type of speedy versatile backfield which could execute the T, provided we, the coaches, could teach it. That was a real hitch. None of us knew anything about it. However, we religiously read the most authoritative books on the subject during the summer, got all the dope we could from other coaches fwhich was precious littlej and rushed in where other schools had feared to tread. The boys seemed to like it from the first, and the coaches were pleased with thc progress that vu as made during the first two weeks. We kept on with certain fundamental plays from the old single wing formation, so we would have something to fall back on in case the T was a failure. The keynotes of the T are speed and deception, but it is obviously lacking in power, and that was another reason for retaining in part the single wing. Our backfield, which was really composed of five regular alternating players, was of exceptional calibre. It certainly ranks at or near the top of Groton backfields of the past 12 years. It had speed, versatility and power, as well as a capable and cool quarterback in Captain Dave Gray. Jo Low, Timmy West and Dave Key alternated in the two exacting and strenuous half-back positions, with Al Key at fullback. Dave Gray filled the all-important pivot and quarterback position. Valuable backfield substitutes who saw a lot of action were Zabriskie and Simons. In the line, Bill Grant held down the position of center throughout the season, with Charlie Sheerin, Gordon Coogan and George Dwight at guards, Harry Davison, Charlie Grosvenor and Fred Amory at tackles 'and George Martin and Mouse Loring at ends. The spirit and enthusiasm of the squad was excellent. They fell to the gruelling task of training and practice with rl56l IIIISI' 'i will, :tml tht-ir clvsirt' to :irhicvv rm-sults through h:1r1l work was lUl1llN'l'tWl by thvir rt-tr:-sliiiipg1-sprit th- 1-orps :tml sm-nsv of hnlmir. 'l'h4- first gznm- was :i shox-k :xml il scvc-rv tlisuppointim-nt: to niost. l or tho past tlirw yt-:irs tht- tlroton sc-zlson llilll opvmitl with Roxbury I,:1,tin tollowt-tl hy l'omt'rot. N1-itlwr ot' those- st-hools h:is vvvl' clvtl-zltvcl Groton in football. This yvalr, mlm: to :i rv- Itl'l'1lll1!Qt'IIH'llt in sc-lu-tlnlv c-:uisocl hy trzinsportzition t'0IIllJlll'1lt'l0llS, our first gunw was with lfnglish lligh. Tho 1-ozrclu-s hml IL hnm'h wv wort: in for :L tough 1llill'l'Il00ll wht-n H t'o:u-h tllll'l'IIlN'l'gt'l' ot' English :ulmittvcl hc- h:ul :L good lmzwkfivlrl. Wh:-n thu fin:1l whistlc: lil:-w, l'lnglish hml svorocl throo tom'hclowns, :tml Groton hml not. llttltll Zllill' to niovi- niora- than :i yard or two against: tht- l'llgf10ll, 4-xpn-1'i1-lic-1-tl :tml clistinvtly lu-:1vivi' hm- ot' our oppomwits, 'l'ho good lim'kfivlcl turmicl out to ho thc: stzxtt' l't'l2ly c-h:nnpions ot thi- yr-:il In-t'oi'v, :tml thi- linglish Iligh tc-:un wvnt througgh thc: st-:lson llIitll'lil'2ltlttl :tml orc-ml on. Wi- tlic-i':-t'orv hml no vziliml rouson for living tllSt'0lll'1lQ1'tl, ll2lI'tit'lllIl!'ly :ls wt: hml Ill Nw-nnfl lfun-5 ti, Low, t'. tirosv:-nur, Simons, il. Nlairlin, ltinnm-r, ll. Kcy, W. li. Loring, Voogun, ll. Davis irrl l:'u1r: I . Xniory, tiwynm-, lt. Wulsvr, Mr. ltic-lmrfls, Nlr. Nolmlv, Mr. lvfiglll, G. Dwight, Ht. llrown mul linux' ll. W:-lniorc, 'l'. Wost, D. Gray, Grunt, .L K4-y 'Il.NNl-ll!f.' Sll4'l'l'ill l57li ull only half-learned the plays from our new formation. It was also significant to notice that none of the English touchdowns was scored through our line: two were long forward passes and the third an 80-yard run by their fastest back. That game was in reality the making of the team-we realized how much had yet to be accomplished if we were to achieve our objectives. Though some of the players were inclined to sell the T short at this point, the majority agreed with the coaches that it should have at least three games as a testing period. T The second game, with Lawrence Academy, was also a disappointment, in spite of the fact that we won it by 13-0, because the T again failed to click. Of course the reason was that we were gaining valuable experience against various types of de- fenses, this time a close seven diamond. English High had used a closely spaced six-man line, and now Lawrence came up with an unorthodox seven. It was all very well to tell the boys that they were gaining experience against various defensesithe fact remained that the HT hadn't worked yet, and the single wing had worked only against Lawrence. The turning point in the season came the next Saturday when we soundly trounced a good Middlesex team, 19-7. The T clicked for the first time and caught Middlesex by surprise. We had hoped for this. After a 60-yard advance with West and Gray com- bining on quick opening plays, Gray made a 17-yard off tackle run for the first touch- down. Middlesex came back fast and finally scored on a pass down the middle. Their conversion put them ahead 7-6 at the half. A well-timed and beautifully executed long pass from Gray to Martin put us ahead and Gray scored a third touchdown in the fourth period after another long and impressive march in which the T predominated. The team now had faith in our new formation and the combination of T deception, single- wing power and long passes gave us variety. The defensive play of our ends and line surprised everyone. The team still had lots to learn and they knew it-we were hear- ing stories about Milton and St. Mark's and realized our work was cut out for us. The Belmont Hill game was played without the services of Captain Gray, whose leg had been injured. Although we managed to outplay them completely in the first half, scoring a touchdown, the situation was almost reversed in the second during which we had our backs to the wall most of the time. One encouraging feature of that game was the fact that we made two successful goal-line stands of four downs each. Another gratifying incident was the return-of-punt play neatly executed by D. Key and Low result- ing in a 50-yard run by the latter. The resounding thud of the first block made by H. Davison is still music to some ears. The next Lawrence Academy game, on the Academy field, was an easy win for us, 20-0, but we received a severe blow in the loss of Dave Key through a side injury which put him out for the season. All eyes and thoughts were now focussed on Milton, which was undefeated and had already decisively beaten St. Mark's. We felt we had the psychological advantage of being rated the under-dog, and we believed we now had a well-rounded attack which had met a variety of defenses and proved its worth. Our principal gaining plays had been quick opening thrusts from the T by West and Low, off tackle and wide end runs by Gray and Low, from single wing, and long passes from Gray to Martin from both the HT and single wing. We scored first against Milton, when Gray caught the Milton right halfbaek napping and hurled the Gray to Martin specialty early in the first period. Soon there- after Milton scored on a wide end sweep of 20 yards by their speedy Hackett. With the score 7-7, and only a few minutes left to the end of the half, we got the ball on the 30-yard line when a bad Milton center pass prevented a fourth down punt. Four plays 'l58l later, only seconds from the end of the half, Gray scored on the old reliable single wing power play off tackle. H. Davison kicked the point, and the score stood 14-7. During the second half Groton had complete control, and scored again on a quick opening play from the T by West, who was 10 yards in the Milton backfield before they knew he had the ball. On the final play of the game West again broke into the clear on the same play, but was so tired that he was hauled down from behind after a 40-yard run. The Groton team had definitely pointed for Milton, conqueror of St. Mark's, and the question in everyone's mind was whether it would suffer a very natural psycho- logical let-down in the final and climatic game at Southborough. As it turned out, the team was the opposite of over-confident. It was actually too much on edge and over- eager, the result being that its timing was off, and we committed so many errors that the game would have been a 7-7 tie, except for the last 15 seconds. Groton clearly outplayed its rival in every department, but penalties Cwe received 45 yards, St. Mark's nonej and fumbles came at the most crucial times and thwarted all our offensive drives during the first half. Our first score came during the third period, on a 30 yard end run by Low, whose running and dodging during the whole game was sensational, and who was, on that day, unquestionably the outstanding back of the game. We continued to gain consistently and seemed to have the game well in hand, when we suddenly attempted an ill-advised pass, which was deflected high into the air by an inrushing St. Mark's lineman, and settled neatly into the arms of the giant 216-lb. left tackle, Thompson, who ran unmolested 65 yards for a touchdown. Pandemonium broke loose from the formerly dejected St. Mark's stands. When the enraged Groton had blocked the try-for- point, the Groton stands burst into a roar which quickly subsided when it was dis- covered that we were offside, and St. Mark's, on a second try from the one-yard line, bueked the ball over, tying the score. With little more than three minutes to play Groton received the kickoff, and on fourth down and 10, Captain Gray, with characteris- tic coolness executed a fake-kick and pass to the irrepressible Low who dodged his way to the 25-yard line. Two more running plays and a pass to Martin advanced us to the St. Mark's seven, where, with 15 seconds to play, T. West received a concussion and had to be carried from the field. Dick Simons, who had thrown the fatal blocked pass to Thompson, took his place and, on the last play of the game, proved his calibre by throw- ing a left-handed running pass to Low, who made an amazing acrobatic catch in the end zone for the winning T.D. The ball was caught with one second left to play. Pinky Davison kicked the point, making it seven straight for him, probably a record in Groton annals. Thus ended our most successful season since Chub Peabody's famous champion- ship juggernaut of 1938. We had lost one game, the first, and won six, which included decisive victories over Middlesex and Milton, both of whom were otherwise undefeated. The final hair-raising game was our fourth straight over St. Mark's. The statistics of that game are significant-Groton made 12 first downs to one for St. Mark's and gained a total of 275 yards as against St. Mark's 42. The coaches cannot express too strongly their high regard for this particular squad. Any group is made up of individuals, and the individuals on this team revealed their true calibre in many ways. They worked hard during practice sessions, and were un- relenting in their desire and effort to improve. They never became discouraged regard- less of the situation, and they kept their heads in critical moments. They mastered a new and difficult set of plays, knowing this meant early season weakness. They were at all times a unit, ably led by a captain whose rugged example in all departments and 1591 molm-ss umlor Gro xww il r-oiistzuit iiispiratioii. Thvir real fibre was t OllVlllf'lllQlY fli'lI1Ol1- sllullcwl by llwil' gmail limi stzmcls aigarinst Bolnioillr, :xml 'lll1'll' ability to 1-onw l'l'0Ill lwliiml Zlllll Will aguilisl lmotli Millcllosr-x :incl Sf. M:u'k's. But pvrluips tho qllzllitir-s ol' This fvzun xxliivll tlw voziclios will wiiioiiilwl' longvst, vvvrv ifs Olitllusiasm, its gflflfl-l1I1llll't'il vo- opvxuitiml :mil its I1lLlllll'0 svnsc' of lmlalivv, whivli vnablvd it to lilllgll 01' sc-t its jaw, :is tlw of-c':1sim1 rlviiizimlc-ml. Tho svzison was not only siic-04-ssful from flu- point ol' vin-w ol' ilu- l'1'f'0l'fl it was :1 lot ul' fun for ovvryono c'o1iiivf t0cl with it. ss -l,. M. N. -i601 Baseball ln vww ul tlw niiwxpt-vttwl vnrtanlnnint ul spzivv Wlllt'll lms lwvn so sinltlvnlv lun-till npnn ns, it sm-ins onlv fitting tlmt wir vmnprvss tllv :irc-uiilit of ai gontl lint nut plivnmm-n:1l sun into tlui story nt' tlw Slll2lSlllIlg vlilnnx flu' most vxc-iting :intl llUl'X't'XYl'2lt'lilllll ht Nl:n'k's gannt- nl' nnr 1-ntirv six yt-airs llI'I'f'. A wnrtliy Ctblllllilllltlll to tlw tlrzinnitit- llxt ininntc- vit-tory on flu- gricliron, tlu- fin:1.l gznnv ol' tliv lil-l-l llzism-lmll SORISUII Vins for tmp lmnnrs in tln- lic-lrl nt' tvnsc- :intl gripping l'Xt'lltllIlt'Ill. 'l'ln-rv was no sc-orv fur 1-itlivr sitlv clnring tlw first two innings :intl :ill tliv signs in4li1':it1-tl flint tlw gunw wats gning to lw 4-lost-. ln tln- first liaill' ol' tlu- tlxirtl inning St. trlq's vluullu-ll up tlwir first tally :incl at-ttlt-tl lmck to l'll,lUy tlw gninv. tlwir litll'llltll' . , , . . . . lllll'!lSlllt'SS wats:-tl, lllf'll' 1-niificlmivv was slimtlivvcl, limrvvi-i', :is in tllw lnttvr part nl V ' ' :':- ' ' ' ' -2. X: iyrlnng tln ininngtlmton l1llllLlttlllX Nttlllllg tim inn- gli ing flu ni llc nl to xi ln: li flu lm tlw nt-xt fivv innings. ln tllv first ol' tlw nintli St. Kl:n'li's, n:n'rnwly :ivvrting tln- Ii'ur'k Ifulr: Sc-lwfft-lill, ll, lvl'llIl0I'0, U. Kvy, Vo. llrowns-, C.lltlIlllj14'l'j fl. l.nw, Silllt-y, l'mlloi'ny, J. Gray I runl Ifmr: .L Kvy, Nlurss, 'l':1ylnr, U. xlilfllll flhplufnb, Znlwiskiv, Dany, YY. lf. Loring 'l61l overhanging castrophe, scored again bringing the score up to two all where it remained through the next two innings. It looked for a while as though thirteen was really going to be our unlucky number, when St. Mark's went on a batting binge and rapped out one hit after another. The loyal Groton stands offered silent prayers but even the staunchest supporters would not have given much for our chances in the first part of that fateful inning. The hitting streak must have been contagious, however, for in the second half of the thirteenth inning Groton also rallied. We were fortunate in leading off with the top of our batting order, and the bases were immediately loaded. Dave Gray, who had borne the pitching burden so capably for twelve and a half innings, again came through in the pinch and smashed one out to center field, bringing in Sibley and Zabriskie. This brought the score up to 6-4 and hope surged anew in the home stands. Captain George Martin then scored on an error and D. Gray came in on Mouse Loring's grounder to tie the score. Then up came J. Gray, who had relieved his brother on the mound in the thir- teenth inning, and with Loring and G. Low on base he knocked out a home run which, in the words of THE GROTONIAN, rolled for a long distance towards the Schoolhouse. Pandemonium broke loose in the stands and the Groton rooters swarmed out onto the field in a wild surging mass. Seldom, we think, has there been a game which better showed the ability of the Groton teams to play up in a tight spot and it was indeed a memorable end to our last season at School. BOX SCORE OF 1944 BASEBALL SEASON AB R H A PO so BA E RBI Key, D. 41 7 6 9 14 7 .146 1 0 Sibley 36 6 11 7 6 1 .306 2 0 Zabriskie 33 11 9 6 122 3 .272 2 5 Martin 4 1 5 11 0 8 13 .268 1 6 Gray, D. 29 4 9 4 10 6 .310 3 3 Key, A. 28 2 9 6 7 3 .322 1 4 Loring 32 6 6 1 47 12 .188 1 1 Gray, J. 32 6 8 19 4 11 .250 1 9 Low 23 4 6 6 3 4 .252 0 3 Day 13 1 2 4 2 5 .154 2 0 Pomeroy 1 0 0 1 0 2 .000 0 0 Morss 5 0 0 0 0 3 .000 0 0 Scheffelin 4 ' 0 0 0 0 3 .000 0 1 Taylor 2 1 0 0 8 0 .000 2 O 4621 Crew The war and consequent transportation difhculties again resulted in the inter- club system inaugurated on the river last year, with a first crew made up at the end of the season. In spite of the absence of many stalwarts already claimed by the Armed Forces, including veteran stroke Dave Biddle, there was plenty of good material on both clubs, backed by three of last years letterman Grant, Walker, Rimmer. and the standards of previous years were upheld, as the exciting races proved. The first regatta, on May 10, promised to be a thriller and the spectators were not disappointed. Little was known about the first two crews and it looked as though it would be a close match all the way. The First Wachusetts got ofi' to a good start, stroked by Sam Walker, and stayed ahead by a length or so until they neared the last bend. He1'e Monadnock stroke DeMcnocal put the stroke up in a last spurt, but the bid was just too late and the Wachusetts crossed the line two feet ahead of their rivals. On the second Clubs, both crews got a good start and the Wachusetts stayed slightly ahead for some time, but they lacked the staying power of the heavier Blue Crew and when the Monadnocks put the stroke up at the end they forged ahead to win by an easy length and a quarter. The situation was even more tense the following week, on the seventeenth, as the First Monadnocks were determined to avenge their defeat in the previous race. Both crews started well again, but the Wachusetts, displaying exceptionally good form and plenty of power, had the edge all the way, and won easily by a length. This race was not the close contest that had been expected, but both crews rowed well. An in- teresting sidelight: The Wachusett crew rowed the first minute of this race in 59 seconds, five seconds faster than they had been able to do in their best practice minute. The Monadnocks got off to a better start in the Second Club race and pulled right away from the Wachusetts to win by a length of open water. The season was over. On the following Saturday, after only two days of practice together, the First and Second School crews, chosen from the clubs, raced Middlesex here with varied results. The Second crew, although they needed a good deal more practice, managed to win over their opponents fGROTONIAN comment: a comedy of errors D but the Firsts were less fortunate and were nosed out at the finish. 4631 Hockey With the recent enthusiasm for hockey still mounting, Mr. Buttrick arranged this year for a schedule calling for seven games. In general we were favored with good ice lasting into March, and only one game CBrooksj was postponed. A squad of about twenty appeared regularly at Lake Romeyn to skate on ice still carefully tended by the depleted maintenance force. There was no emphasis or pressure on the players, but only the idea of enjoyment in their minds as the season opened on the Lawrence Academy rink. We were victorious 3-2 on goals by Captain Al Key, Dave Key and Frank MacShane. The first line consisted of D. Key at center and Low and Tim West on the wings. Captain A. Key and Loring played defense and G. Coogan was in the goal. The second game of the winter, with Middlesex, was played during exam week and just after a week's thaw, so the players were a little ragged. D. Key and Coogan had been ill and only the former saw action for a short time. Robb replaced Coogan in the nets. Middlesex scored first and remained in front until T. West equalized mid- way through the third period. With about two minutes to play, Middlesex's captain, Johnny Winsor, scored the winning goal. It was a closely fought combat-cold weather Cabout 20D with the visitors having a slight edge. Three days later, as exams ended, with the team again at full strength, we cele- brated the fruit of our labors over the week by nosing out Belmont Hill 1-0. This game, the highlight of the season, since they were Boston private school co-champions, was the most exciting of the winter. Low sank the only goal at the close of the opening period on a pass from D. Key. For the rest of the game Belmont kept pressing on Goalie Coogan whose masterful performance resulted in the only whitewash of their campaign. The following week in a snowstorm a squad of fourteen journeyed to Concord for the second Middlesex game. Because it was their dance week-end, we played under very adverse conditions including occasional snow flurries. The inspiration of the fair sex was just too much and we bowed again, this time by a score of 4-1. This was the result of their superior reserve strength which eventually wore us all down and led to that clicking combination of Winsor and Thorne which tallied four times. Low made the first goal of the day, but it was in vain as the score so well shows. Next Wednesday, Feb. 16, we left for North Andover by car, owing to the gen- erosity of Messrs. Nash, Abry and Coach Buttrick, to play Brooks. The ice was rough because of a high wind the day before but it didn't seem to affect the heretofore low scoring Groton team which flashed the light nine times. Coogan would have had another shutout but for a rather freakish goal by their captain, Pete Courtney, on a penalty shot. The final score was 9-1. The Brooks aggregation never got started, while our team was scoring from center ice as well as from close in. They Key brothers led the scoring with two goals and an assist each. After our success at Brooks we thought we might be ready for Middlesex but again we went down to defeat, this time infront of our own ladies of choice by a score of 5-2. Five goals in the first period by the visitors from Concord told the story all too well as we were unable to rally despite scores by Low and D. Key in the second and third periods respectively. The contest was rather drab for our guests, since we started off so poorly, but they were a superior team and we all enjoyed the chance to play with them again. 1164! Our first line, consisting of IJ. Key, Low and West had, speed and ruggedness coin- hined with capable Imac-k-elieeking. ll. Key, who was elected eaptain for next year, played brilliantly and consistently on hoth offense and defense. Captain A. Key was a titan on defense with definite offensive ability. Gordon Foogan did much to fill Bobby Goodyear's skates in the goal and provided a strong hat-khone for the team. Kunhardt, liartlett and liothrop seem to be good prospects and with Low and ll. Key returning, Mr. liuttriek ought to have a good season next year. Tlllifll lfmr: Voolidge, Chandler, llunnewell, Peulroxly, rlehlenocal, liimmer, ll. lvetmore, Lolhrop, Blau-Sharie, ll. Davison Srroml Ifou-: Nlr. llullriek, W. Pl. Loring, D. Key, A. Key, Cl'f1pIu1'n,j 'l'. West, G. Low, Voogan l rnnl lfmr: llnrllell, Rolnh, l'. 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