THE GRUTO IA f IXXI UNC TQ5D X C ontcnts xi H 1111 X IX N f , 1 1 grlffifl 1 Hom Now P dltorlal Board 1 IX P1 OlzZ'1 1Ifx I Zf7x 11 XIII!! x LkIT 3 HNLII NON WILL XL lrwtg x 1 YN.. ' , ' NU. 'I 'N , . ,J L lfma, IXIAURY, Ifnxg T1-Lxrqlf,R.f1 1 1z'f'. l1'11'1.', 1244 l3xf1gm1,1., Hwzfzk ffffrj '11 185' f,'IlI1XV, 71711 if R. I . 1' ' fi: 1110 IS? 5 1 1 SL' ' ..v N, IQI , . . f J R1 fuvxrxu X. Hr1N'r1,-1 ', fffmr .fix 1 1 ' l6r 11r: L I41:lw1wl'a1111: R nm R. IQXYIU Nl. 5Qx'xl1x11 il 2511111 .Xl c11lNc'1.u-ara xYII.l.l.U.I H11 lum P nf 151111 llw'11z,w I. I'1:,x1 1' EIR. P. .Xrwlw Xlfwuc xx 1'I.11f1'f.'1 .xx .1111 11teg1'1' lt' lf gc 11111111 I. XlXkrm11lJlYIiS 'lWwx1.x5.X.K1.s:1:l1 l'l1Nixl1ul:1IuI printui lwy r11c1wy'srur'CQ1'1mw1xSdumlirl Ymm-rxxlwv, lk- '- ul ur, I'xCI1I'llLlY'f', XILIFLXII, x11lf',JlIlxiJllIlC. Sul -'fp' 1 '-, 51.1711 A. 'rel :ls sau nd class mutter at thu Pwr Officc alt Urutun, X111--X. Form H1SfOfy HFRIL were only tlurteen of us on th lt w lrm September dly of 1949 when flfter lunch plrents were cordlfllly 1nv1ted to le lve lnd we found ourselves on our own as 1 group for the first tlme Cl1Sl11I1Q, lpp lrently w ell up on hls Dale Cclrnegle, felt thflt thls rflther tense SIYLIIUOH cllled for 1 self' lntroductlon 11nd hrs My name s Ph1lCushmg but you c ln c lll me Spllle qu1cLly becflme fl Form legend lt w ls the dublous dxstlnttlon of the Form to serve IS the whctstone for the t llents of Mr Albry the new housem lster md he ld of the Fxrst Form dorm ltory HIS detectlve lcumen w IS put to 1 test when mldll ly through the w1n ter term lfter l1ghts,someone let fly w1th 1 cflke ofso IP vs hxch, lfter tr lVCI'blI1U' the whole length of the dorm, shflttered lvalnst the study door ln l shovl er of splmters The cr1m1n1l as revealed only from the lmmunlty of q1Xfl'l Form yeflr 1n fl pr1v1te1nterv1ew w1th th1s VWFIICFD w IS F urburn who smte, lb c ltth er on the b lsebflll squad his become lmelzlngly PTOFILILIIK lt the long throw from the pl lte to second bflse The Form, however, wfls to dlstmgulsh itself not ln the dormltory, but ln the dmmg room On one OCCHSIOII Adlms shocked lnd ll lbberglsted Mr Nxchols by somehow I'l'1'1l1'1g1Hg to upset cl pltcher ofmxlk It the begmnnnff of grace And how s1n1ster were the conspxracles ofthe spellmg g lme experts who gleefully el1m1n'lted Mr Wr1ght from contentlon Wlfh such words ofdubxous zluthentlclty as tht But perhrlps most memorflble of lll w 15 the cr1s1s when Gardner pushed 1n the chalr for Mlss ellxson, the he my set lbSlSf lnt nurse, the 1lfT1l1r endmg w1th MISS elllson sprflwled on the floor lnd the ch ur tot llly demollshed In athletlcs, the Form wfls not outstrlndmg F urburn CllSfll1gUl9l1CCl hnmsclf as the only one to m lke the Second Clubs lll e1ther footb lll or b lsebflll Bmg ham won the new boys Hves tournament m the wrnter, whxle IH the spring term Gardner coxed C boat to zl 3 I record Perhclps the most s1gn1Hc1lnt athletlc achlevement w'ls the formxng ofthe Fourth Clubs rn blseb lll co lched by Mr Moss, stzlrrmg Burnett and Cushmg 'lnd mth Pfwlzer IS ut1l1ty lll Helder Spec11ll mentlon must be g1ven here to George Gund whose clothmg 'md eatlng mnovatxons are llkely to have Z1l7.Sf1Ilg effect on Groton hfe He set the style ln haberdashery w1th h1s lurld t1es ofblelzmg hues tled ln three Inch wlde l 163 . Y 1 . . 1 1 , 1 u ' ' ' ' nl ' K. L C L . 11 1 . 1 1 ' 1 1 1 1 1 1: - . . I .UW , . . V .Y,, , , 1 1 F K C n 1. ' li 1: 1. . 1 1 .1 , 1 1 1 1 - . 1 1 1 '1 D 1 - 1 1 1 1 ' l 1 1 ' 7 - D l 1 1g 1' 1 ' . . . . . . , , . .Q 1 1 1 1 ' 1 1 ' 1 ' 1l'1 '- 1 1 , 1 1 1 'X 1 1 1 1 . 1 . ,. 1 1 1 1. '. L L L V2 H . 1 ' H H I li u L C K C 1 J 1 - 1' 1 ' J 1 1 1 1 1 . 11 1 . 1 5 1 1 1 1 1 1 . - , . . . . . - . 1 C I l , C I ,C 1 J ,' I I C l n L - - THE GROTONIAN knots and h1s 1I'lClCSCCIlf shlrts, the conservat1sm of Groton toques, t1es, 1nd sc 1rves w1s forever shattered Moreover, he xx as 1 boy ofcons1derable g1stro nom1c 1m 1ff1nat1on 1 conno1sseur of canned sardmes, p1ckles, cheeses, 1nd sp1ces He H01 m 1115 possessed enough provender to till tour food lockers, 1nd he found desk, cub1cle, coat locker, and nearby ma1ds tlosets 1ltogether 1n adequate to conta1n the pass1on of h1s appet1te Academlc 1lly the Form was average Blngham and Gardner xx ere con s1stent honor hsters, and 1n Latm class, Sch1efTel1n proved a ready panacea for the woes xx h1ch the rest of the dlVlSlOH brouvht upon Mr Dek e IU almost 1lw 13 s he would come up xxlth the correct ansxxer 1nd would be rew 11 ded xv1th -Xh Schefly, xou rc a comfort to me , but xx ell xxorth Wllflllilf for xx ere the fexv occ ISIOIIS xx hen Scheffy erred Mr Dek e 1u would close h1s eyes, xx1nce, st xmp h1s feet on the floor, em1t 1low, lonfv xxlustle 1nd gro 1n Oh Scheffv how f0Zl!lfy0l1 In the re1lm ofl1ter lture the Form 01x e vent to 1tS 1m 121111 1t1on IH xxeekly compos1t1ons One m.1sterp1ece of Burnett s IS worthy of note, lf concerned the per1ls of a xx dl t1n1e p1lot, who xvas forced to ab 1ndon h1s burmng plane 1n f1x or of a comfo1t1ble tree under Wh1ch, a moment liter a large p1rt of the wl1ole 1p inese umy passed, unaw 1re Of.l11S presence The thrllhnq suspense of th1s eplsodc xx IS 1lmost matched bv 1fS sequel whlch s1w the p1lot sllde down 1 cl1ute IHIO H1tler s secret headqu 1rters and d 1r1nqly shoot the xx1cked d1ct 1tor Another llLlOIL unde1t1k1n9g of the t 1lented Enfallsh cl 198 w 19 1spcll1nff bee Wlfh B Cl1V1SlOH But the compl ICCIILC of the A ffemuses xx IS qtutklx repl lced bx st 1nd 1l11cd outr uqe If the prejudlce xx itll xx h1ch Mr Qtr ith 111 selected tht words B CllVlSlOI1 boys xx ere asked to spell f1t1gued vxh1le LX d1x 191011 f1ced the fOTm1d xble ant1d1sest 1bl1shmentar111n1sm Y el1ement protests 1nd out CTICQ xvere counteracted bv I1 stay ln detentxon for the xvhole d1x1son However, the 1xx ard for the classroom classlc cannot be wlthheld from wh It was prob lbly the most appreclated FIFSK Form Sacred Studxes class 1n Groton hlstory It occurred llte IH the Sprmg Term xx hen Ur Moss co11r ugeouslx glrded on h1s 11mor for a one man crusade avamst that wretched corrupter ofAmer1can youth, the comlc book Seeklng to r1d1cule th1s noble art form he consented to read 1n class a st1rr1ng select1on from Tales rom the C1 xp! 1 leadlng horror magamne It was a tale of a most gr1sly and m1c1bre n 1ture, ll-1 , . 2 2 z . . nz 1 - 2 ' ' ' 2 D . ,. 1 . 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H C yi L , f 2 .M 3 1 . .- . . zz 1 THE GROTONIAN concernmg 1 ffentlem1n ofquesnon 1b1e good t 1ste who h 1v1ng been w'1shed up on the rocks nef1r '1 hffhthouse, proceeded to eonsume the meek hghthouee keeper 1nd 111s comely d ulghter for no 11111 1rent re 15011, 1nd ended h1s fe mt 1nd the sto1 1 by 1e1p111ff of'1 the top of the hffhthouse Mr Moss s rend1t1on of the plot w IQ so IIISIWITCL1 111611115 111111 A1 1 1 e e e e' w IS so I,5lCILlI1Q'1W re 11 1st1e th If tonne boo1x1e ldlllg showed 1 IT11!1xCd1I1CI'ClS6 duunff the rest ofthe ye1r Ul1fCJFfLII1lfC1y how ever, Talesfrom the Crxpf 1115 mme been d1opptd from the S1ered Sflldllh re1d1no 11st forever sprmg, but undoubtedly the most unforvett 1b1e st1e1xb 111 U 1n1e of 111 oeeurx ed when 1NIemor111 D15 w IS U1 1ced not 111th the usu 11 1lL1IT1ld w1rmth 1nd sun shme but w1th 1 dr1v1ng rfnnstorm The par 1de wis Cnll1CC11CC1, 1nd the whole Form Cmmus Pffelzerj rep ured to the b 15eb'111f1e1d 1ndjoyfu11y shpped s11d and sloehed throuvh 1n ex11t1nff contest well 1nto the ey enmff, when they re tur11ed mud 11C1.CIl 1nd1nd1st1ngu1sh 1b1e sh1pe YV1f1lOLIf form sh 1de W1t1lOLlf colour, p 1r11y7ed forge, gesture WVlf1lOL1t motlon B1ngh1m, G lrdner, '1nd AC1lIHS 1 ll vote for you 11 you ll vote for me were the oH'1cers who somehow p11oted us through the ye 1r E1eet1ons 111 une chose Gardner, Bmgham 'U'1C11X111l'1I'I1S as the helmsmen for the cormnff YCFLF, to whlch we were '111 looklng forward after successfully nav1gf1t1ng the ch11 lengmg waters of the F1rst Form ' . U-1 1 D 1 1 1 , 1 1 .5 L K S 1 , . 1 - - , V ' 4 x ' 1 1 '. x ' ' A . . i . D D . . . .. . v1 x l 1 . ' 1 .X 4 1 it ' ' . ,Y ru w x . 'W' Y 11 1 1 1' 1 1 ' IQ S 3 1 L I 1 1, 1 1, I , , 1, . , There w11s the 11511111 rash of Vo- os book-b1111 and srickball durin the 4 y 9 3 e, V D 1 1 31 1 '1 ' 1 1 ' '1 an ' 1 1 1 1 - ' ' 1 ' ' v 1' . 1 1 1 1 1 ' ' 1' 1 ' 1 1 ' , ' , , . , D Z ,. D 1 D 1 - I . , . . I H I . I I V. - 1 1 1 , 1 , 1 1 1 1 ' ' U ' S CCC Y Y D ,YJ 1 , L 1 L D L THE GRGTONIAN Second Form Year XXHFN school reopened 1n the fall of 1950 the ranks of the Second Form were remforced by fifteen 1n1t11tes who for the first few days must have re xrded boardmg school l1fe as a fresh recruxt regards boot camp Grad ually however the Groton rout1ne began to cast 1ts spell and everyone settled down 1n h1s dorm1tory e1ther Mr O Br1en s or Mr Abrys The xnh tbltants of Mr O Br1en s dorm were glven to d1vers1ons ofthe most dr lm atlc sort Some med1cally mlnded soul demonstrated how xt was poss1ble to make oneself funt by holdmg one s breath and then blowxng agamst one s finger The results were stunnmgly successful and v 1r1ous records were qulckly est zbhshed but the pastlme soon h td to be halted bec ause the dull thuds of ftlhng boches were d1sturb1ng boys studylng downstalrs The new boys 1n Mr Abry s dorm d1d not complete the ordeal of the1r 1n1t1at1on for about a week at the end of wh1ch t1me they fmally saw through the devlous and non morn1ng and qu1ckly ce ised to lndulge 1n them Dur1ng the year there was only one occasmon on wh1ch the whole dorm1tory worked together to ach1eve some construct1ve purpose One evenmg Mr Noble put through an urgent telephone c tll to Mr Abry revealmg the dlstressmg news that Davxd Noble s pet r1bb1t had m ide a d 1r1n escape from h1s pen under cover of darkness Mr Abry relayed Mr Noble s1mpass1oned plea for and to h1s youthful cohorts who ralhed the1r forces and unanlmously volunteered to asslst 1n recapturlng the offender They were qu1ckly armed w1th flashhghts and stealthlly rssued forth from Hundred House Formmg a txght cordon around the rabbxt pen they moved forward as beaters through the entangled undergrowth unt1l the runaway was located under a thorn bush nearby Here the m1l1tary order of the search party gave way and 1n the resultmg bedlam the be 1st somehow m lnaged to elude 1ts hunters Mr Abry was forced to sound the call to retreat md lt IS st1ll uncertam whether Davxd Noble ever recaptured the brave ammal If not we are sure that IhlS encounter w1th twenty Hve screammg Second Formers sufHc1ently prepared It for the hazards of forest l1fe In athlet1cs Fa1rburn and Vaughan were on the F1rst Clubs 1n football and Barnes dazzled the Seconds w1th h1s hghtnmg speed fso much so that though he was on the Monadnocks Mr DeVeau at the year s end deftly snatched h1m up 1nto the VVachusett foldl but the real struggle took place I 166 4 I, Y ga . ' ' . ' . . . - I Q V 9 ' 2 ' . . . . , . , , , . . . . . , . , . . . 1 c ' . 7 I - C l J - L ' C D C . . ' z ' ' ' I ' ' . . ' ' I . . T 2 . . 1 ' , . ' z . 1 C C , 5 I . ff Ni l L ' committal wording of Mr. Abry's instructions regarding cold showers every . , K . Z . . i . l I Q I C T . . . . , I . 3 c ' ' 1 ' . z . 1 ' g . ' ' . , . . . . .L . . . . , ' J L 1 I l . . C L ' ' 2 2 . ' . . . , 2 . . . . . L I . L i , - t D D L . Y 3 ' J J C , I THE GROTONIAN on the Third Clubs where the Hardtacks and the Sheerlnites met head on in bloody comb If Early season results boded ill for Mr Sheerin s forces, they were humbled in the first two games by a Hardt ick team completely domm If ed by Gray Perkins, who literally did all the scoring However, these errly successes were the H ardtacks ultimate undoing 18 Perkins w is called up to the Seconds, 1nd in 1 thrilling recovery, spirited by pept alks of Lonfeder 1te fl ivor the Sheermites won all the remaining games The scholastic scene featured Mr Coste s mathem 1t1cs class, which usually resolved itself into a sales talk of one sort or another Sometimes his plugs were confined to purely mathematical commodities, such as pencils, rulers, protractors, and compasses More often they concerned either haircutting or bellringing On one occasion Mr Coste kept Auchmcloss and Studds after cl rss to ask them to take up the jolly sport of bellringing, and IS a result, both were lxte for French class On their arrival Mr Moore, vexed at their trrdiness, confronted Auchincloss with the question JN avez vous pas un rendez vous avec moz zcz zz mzdz vzngf? Auchincloss his rlther slim French ing tones, fmlteringly and confusedly answered, Non Stunned, Mr Moore repeated the question , Auchincloss, utterly bew1ldered,g 1ve the s lme answer In mounting wr 1th Mr Moore again asked the question, with incre ised force and confidence Auchincloss again replied in the negative Utterly exasperated Mr Moore was driven to his finallimrt he burst into English, and Auchrncloss finally yielded in flustered embarrassment Mr Curry s course in General Science provided one of the landmarks in the life of ohn H 1ml1n During a class in late November when Mr Curry w is lxborrously explaining the intricacies of sew age disposal ohn suddenly le apt from his se it with 1 piercing shriek and rushed to the window -X few fl ikes ofsnow were seen to be meekly descending, and it later developed that Hamlin, whose home was in u1t0, Ecuador was being introduced for the first time to this fimili ir old New England phenomenon H xmlin thus demonstr It ed th it he w1s totally unprepared for the world s ending in ice On 1 later occasion he showed that he would be equally at a loss 1n the eventuality of the destruction of the world by fire One day when Mr Curry was demon strating the use of a fire extinguisher, ohn, in his zeal for scientific learning stood too close by and was spattered by several stray jets of the spray Not I 167 1 1 ' ' , l l 1 L C 0 2 2 ' 2 - . . 2 1 1 s 1 1 17 ' ' ' 1 . 1 N 1 C C I K Z . 2 . . . . 2 , Z 2 J . . . . 1 . I . , I . . C 1 L C L . i . c l . l 2 2 . ' ' ' , . 2 ' I . . w . . U T, . , - . . . , . . . ,, . . . - . , 2 vocabulary even further limited by his trepidation at the instructor's challeng- ' 2 i L N .H . 2 ' ' ' ' 2 2 . . Z . . . u . . 1 n L -M . . . , . . . . 1 I . . . . . L . Q . ,J 2 . Z . 2 . . . . . L, 2 i .2 . 2 ' 2 - 1 1 1 , - ' . 1 I C K C I C I . K . L . THE GROTONIAN re 11171110 the '1c1d1c niture of the extinguisher s potion, ol1n 11 19 shocked to notice sever 1l Smill holes 1n his t1ousers the next dq Mr Curry luzghed this oil b11t was somewhat taken aback two d.1ysl1ter 11 l1en H 1n1l111 vw 1lked lIlfO cl 1ss VSCIFIHQ' pints studded w1th holes the S176 of hltv cent p1etes 1nd uccinttly summed up his d1stress with tl1e words Mr Luiry cxcry tl IV the holes 1rewrow1111f Durinfr tl1e w1nter ter111, usu1lly tl1e c 1tcl1 '1llfor extr IL 11rr1c11l ll 1ct11 1t1es, tl1e Form I11dl1ttle to do Certainly the high pO1l1f vs IQ tl1e p1oduct1o11 ofthe ope1ett1 Down 171 Me Iallev, 111 wl11ch Bmghrxm gwe Ill outst111d111ff ptr form IDLE IS the fem 1le le 1d Several ofthe other voc 1111 n1111ded mc111bt1s ot the Form contr1buted complicated h1ll billy gyrfztions IS tl1e comely chorines of tl1e chorus I11 the spring there were only two Second Form Sqll 1d I'l1Cl11lJCI'S C11dne1 llld Rd 1ITlS,l3Ofl1 coxswains on the trew All the others battled IEOUYOII the clubs ll1e 11 1rm weather, it was discovered, brought Mr Houghton ll1f0 his own his charges on the merits of the Republican party fit one p 1rt1cul1rly Ur1ph1c point Ill his pol1t1c'1l1nvect1xe he compared the current Democr'1t1c governor or the stnte to 21 corpulent member of tl1e bovine category or l1 1d furious cl1 1ll1 throwinv blttles vsith Mr Cushing who sniped it h1n1 from his clf1ss 1oo111 two SYOIICS 1bove Memori 1l Du passed well, e1ther bet 1use of OI in spite ofthe tyr 111111c,1l Lieutenint M 1rsh.1ll of the Fourth Pl1too11 1nd the OI lfOIlC1llX1I Sheerm, who trained us ind exhorted us 1SIlWC were 1bout to 1SS1lllf He1rtbre ll. R1d.,e Pr17e Day was celebrated XVlfl1OL1fll1LlClCl1f, except for thel1cttl1at1tpoured1f11n 1nd Mr Gammons expressed concern lest the moisture should fl'1tten our treble voices for the Hfzflelujrzlz C1107 III iet '111 xx e11t as planned, and we soon eagerly depf1rted to the v1r1ous 1nd 1'1r L01 1161 s ofthe W estern Hem1sphere from which we had come UN 2 D C . . L . . , . J up Y l' z . ' ' ' . L Y. . 1 ' ., 1 V 1 V y 4 k T : F 'Z' ' i 1 1 1 ' . ' '- 4 A - ' ' . 1 S w -' N v ' ' 1' , U 1 D X - v, 1 rg 1 I J 1 Y. ,' 1 . . D D. D N 1 1 -t 1 1 x 1 li N 7 .N 4 t . U . 7 . . YL, . Q . 1 V, . . . . 1 3 , - 1 ' 1 A 1 1 . 1 1 ' ' e 1' 1 I . - . C . L Q . ' ' l 1 - pe 1: ' ' lrlis Latin division l1eld fre ue11t outside classes durin Y wl1icl1 l1eeitl1erre1fz1led 3 E D 1 4 si 1 I 1 L 1 .1 :I D 2 .5 N 2 v- 3 1 V ' . L L ' - ' ' 1 . ' 'Q . I' ' sz J ' ' 3 ' 1 ' . 1 ' A 1 z '1 z '. ' ' ' . 2 'N ' z 1:32 1 2 V . U l .4 A . . x. W iz ' '.' 1 . ' l c I i 1 . 7 L 1 ' - ' r un nu i ' Q 5 'uv-k Q bf: THE GROTONIAN Thzrd Form Year THE f1ll of 1951 found the Form moving en masse mto Brooks House, sh1r1nU Mr S1tterthw11te s dormltory w1th the Fourth l'orm 1nd tot 1l ly oeeupymg th lf ofMr Hawkes, IH whleh we lmmedmtely dlseovered 1 most COHVCIIICHK retept1ele for all m1nner of unw 1nted thmgs, n1mely Gund s eub1ele Twelve h 1d been added to our ranks ZOL1ll1S, van Rogen, Drayton Know Embmeos , Ourusoll '1nd S1 1d1h jolned the lntern 1t1on 1l set though the l 1tter still el11ms he comes from Vermontl , Cud1hy 1nd Bentley, tl1e I 1l1e Forest twlns, lxendall from New York 1nd loyil New Fngl llld ers HIYTQIIISOII, Ives, D111 'md B 1lsewell Ives, though he is now 1lOy 11 Lllfllfill of Rhode Isl 1nd m 1de 1ll the Form 1 wltness to hrs previous Southern herlt lQC by hls numerous lmpissloned Confeder 1te fl lg w1v1ng eulomes of 1mes Oqlethm pe lhe loudly her llded S 1 1d 1h he should re 1lly h 1ve been 1 Slxth Former , but he w Ib only eleven Dlntrodueed hlmselfon the first d 1y by Cll1CI'2,f1I'lQ' from Mr H1wl1es l1vf1to1y w1th 1 dxsgusted expresslon 1nd lHHOLlYlC1l'lfT 1n l11s sxb1l1nt sty le to 1 bew1ldered form m1te, I sssee there me no b 1thtubs 'I h If lsss unfortun 1te s1neel'1m a b'1th1ng enthousl 1ssst Nor d1d Bentley lose IIIV time 111 Qlllllllil' I1OfOI'1Cfy, 1s he eowed the mort 1l 1nh1b1t1nts of Mr Slf tel thw ute s dorm by 1ppe 1r1ng not f1s 1 bmrd nor 1 pl me, but QLIIJICIQ Nl 111, defender of right llld JLISUCC, proteetol ofthe lnnotent 1nd gentr1l stourge of tl1e dormltory Durmu the I lIl Ierm the School w lS pl lgLlCCl wlth 111 epldemlt of powu l-11lLlI'C s,ITl my ofwhzeh, to o11r dellght e 1me dllflllg the evenlnffs On one such nlght e Ifly IH the y e11r we were lntrodueed to the new 'lI'lClIT1lI1y t 1lented Ll1s sles mister, Nlr Getty who whlled away the mlnutes ofd1rl1ness w1th 11117 COI1CCIt on the p11no1n the Brooks House sthoolroom much to the ple 1sure of the Form 1nd to the horror of the eonserv1t1ve Mr Nlthols Dunne mother oftheseoteurrentes,1n Mr H 1wkes do1m1tory Auehmtloss 1086 to the OLL1 51011 by I'lISlllI'lQ' lI1tO the study st 1rt1nU 1 fire 111 the Fnrepl ue whlth h ld been used IS 1 w 1steb lslxet for 1 full term md thereby ILIIILVIIIQ 1l'lfLIC'sfllU' 1nd lllumm lflllil' results But thls d1d not eomp1re with the m 1g111htcnt lesponse of the dol mltory to the Ure 1test erlsls of the ye 1r It 1ll beg 111 when 1 toxlet Ill the l1v1tory 1efused to flush Mr H1wkes, mldst sl1outs of entour ufement from '1n ever ffromng erowd brively offered b'1ttle to the stubborn m 1eh1ne I 169 K 1 . . , . . ., 1 D 1 1 1- 2 . c c I X r . 1 , C C C L S Y v 1 v 5 l 1 l C I C V .. ,I .. ,, . I. ' ,, , C CC L C L Q 1 1 ' 1 1 cr 1 Y 1 N ' as Y 1,1 ,1 1 , 1 - 1 H 3 ' 1,1 1 . ' 1 1 ' 1 '1 , 1 1 1 1 - 1 ' 1 1 1 1 -1 - 1 J1 3 e D , . 'I v 1 .I H . . Bl' I L L C I L 1 Lk 4 , M ,,. . . 1 1 I L K C L I I. - 'D . .1 7 . it Q 1 1 1 x L K ' C C C u S '. 1 ' ' ',-- 7' I . xx K I C C u K 1 1 - 1 1 1 : .11 - e - .r ' Y I ' ' I if Y' 'Nl 77 l rx 1 I l C , I, l Lil 1 ' 4 . x 1 3, ww 1 X 1 ,1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 e 1 ' 1 ' 1 ' 1 H , bt. .1 1 1 1 -1 1 - 11' 1 . , ' 1 ' 1 . 2 -X .1 , 25 1 ' 1 1 . ' . ' 1 e f , , I D x 4 -- , 1 , 2 . , . ,- 1 . , 1 1 , sl v N . S 1 I 1 A fw .w 1 1 1 , 1 U1 1 1 x Cul in in L ,C L V x bl . . 1 I x - . 1 - 1 ' ws, Q s s x 4 ' 1 I. 1 1 1 Y 1 D 1 1 . 1 1 1 C 'D 7 , C r L 2 u THE GROTONIAN However Fmdmg hlmself mcreaslngly frustrated, he began to be 1t the Illlflio wxth h1s shoe This h wmg no v1s1b1e effect, he bec 1me exerc1sed and threw the spect ltox s 1nto ro 1rs oflaughter by cry mg hoarsely , Any body got 1 Stxl son wrench? Thereupon Pfael7er, unrufllled by fl1lSftO1'l1IT1D every day re quest, rushed from the room and qu1ckly returned w1th the deslred type of wrench from h1s bureau dr 1w er for emervency, slr -X th 1nlcfulN1r H 1wkes, now feellng hxmself to hold 1 conslderable 1dv1nt1ge over the rebelhous to1 let, selled the tool, located several v1t 11 loolclng spots 1nd proceeded to be l1bor them, l1SlI1i71t 15 1 sledffe hammer The next thmff the dox mltory s lW of Mr H IVR lces, 1fter the1n1t11l burst ofspray had settled w1s 1SlfTl1If so humor ous th If tlnrty boys stood or s If ln two 1nches of vs 1ter, helplessly llllglllflg, 18 thc level rose Thls st lrted the b 111 rollmcg, 1nd w 1th1n the next week not only were our Flld 1y popcorn nlffhts tempor1r1ly 1bol1shed, but sing songs were per m mently t mken 1w 1y because no one could sms, I m C lpt un lnlss lhe Form 1nvented several new games wh1ch enlxvened Brooks House cons1der1bly The most pl 1c1d of these was dlce baseball Demos br un chxld, 1n wh1ch small numbered paper squares were thrown to determlne the result ofe lch pitch Demos, B mng Gould Gardner 1nd Devens org 1n11ed 1 four te 1m 'XINCYIC ln Le ugue, whlle Auchlncloss, Bentley, Cud 1hy, 1nd qtudds formed the N 1t1on 11 I e lgue Few w1ll ever forget the fl1I'1ll1I1g I7 lllfllflg All bt 1r g lme whlch w 15 hn 1l1y won by the Natlon 111 e 1gue1n sp1te of the ques t1on 1ble dlce fl1lOW1IlQ' t 1ct1cs of Demos and Barmg Gould who had 1n un c 1nny lcn iclc for Qettmff almost 1mposs1ble combmatlons Athletlcally we h1d several st mdouts In the realm of footb 111 Furburn made the squ 1d 1nd the Second Club season wh1ch, after 11 slow st 1rt, the lN1on1dnoclcs ultlm 1te1yf won under the v1v1d and 1m1g1nat1ve tutelaffe ofMr V1 auvh reached 1 cllm 1X vs hen lVIonadnock Demos, hf1v1ngla1d 1 V1 achusett runner Hat on the ground wlth a smashlng tackle found hlmself face to f1ce w1th W achusett co 1ch Sheerln fur1ously drawlmg Ifyou do that agrun A111 m gonn 1 come out heah 1nd h1t you mahself Durmg the w1nter term, extra curr1cular act1v1t1es summoned many of us In debatmv, Hamlln succeeded ln persuadmg h1mse1fthat T1me w as the most 1mportant thing 1n the world, and Gund succeeded IH persuadmg Mr Sat terthwa1te to hold a debate on hxs own pet toplc Rcxvolued, That gamblmg 11701 , 1 1 1 1 Y. . . 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U . , 1 1 , 1 ,, 1 1 . ,, L I C u D . . . ,, . , 1 THE GROTONIAN should be legalwed Moreover, rn the pl1y Kzng Henry IV Part I, Cushmg turned rn one of the most real1st1c performances ever to gr 1ce the Groton st we by bemg knocked unconsclous m 1 fierce duel And 1 week before the pro ductlon oflcebound, the Concord play Cud1hy stepped 1n to take the p 1rt of an 11l1ng Ad1ms, not knowlng th1t the F1tes held in store for lllm 1 s1nf1ul1r but of per1p1te11 when, three ye1rs l1ter on the s unc oct 181011, he hlmsclf, strlcken wlth measles, would h 1ve to be repl1ced 1 smffle d 1y before the hrst perform1nce Scholasucally, there were sever1l cl1sses worthy of note Mr Sheerln s H1story course w IS 1 mlxture ofmarrtal advlee 1nd powerful prop uv 1nd 1 for the Greek l1ngu1ge Mr Sheerm felt so strongly about everyone s studymg Greek 1nd 1cqu1r1ng the Greek feelmg th1t one d1y he spent most of the cl1ss re 1d1ngselect1ons from some ofthe gre lf cl1ss1cs 1n G1 cek lf xfteen mm utes of thls proved too much for FIT1lllI'lCOS who took Germ 1n the next ye uj 1nd, unfortun 1tely for hlm, the moment when he chose to lJLlIStlI1tO hysterus w1s the moment ofMr Sheerm s1nsp1red rendxtlon of the blmdmff ofCEd1pus Most ofus m1n1ged to get through the trad1t1onal Hy g1ene course but at one partlcularly gory pomt 1n Mr Xh1CliCI'1S colorful lectures, there was 1 loud noise 1n the re 1r of the room 1nd Zoull1s lay ln 1 he 1p on the floor m 1 swoon The most memor 1ble course of 1ll however, w1s Mr XV lllffll s III A Ff'lgl1Sl'l Hwmg spent the sprmg term on the study of poetry, e1ch member of the cl1ss w 1S lnstructed to produce 1 poem of h1s own The result w1s the now f1mous Idxot s G 1rden of Verses Sp1ce does not permxt us to do justlce to thls gre'1t l1terary 1ch1evement, but two poems must be ment1oned R1nd s he1ted 1nvect1ve against 1ll would be rubbxsh spre1ders rn bC1L1tll'.Lll C111 form 1 C1 deeply ser1ous work whrch Mr W 1ugh pr11sed lnffhly IS effectrve s1t1re , 1nd Pratt s 1mmort1l poem 1bout the d1ffod1ls the l1st two lmes of whlch w1ll l1ve forever IU the memory of 111 who w1tnessed Nlr W uwh try so h1rd to keep 1 str11ght face as Pr1tt feelmgly xntoned rt to the cl 1ss So let s leave the dailies there, so mee, And let them mult1ply tW1CC thr1ce In t1me1t w1s dlscovered that the term 1n 1tS h1ppy 1nd 1 1refree m mner w1s l1lt1ng to a close Although no one m1de elther squ1d except Rd 1ms 1nd G1rdner, who coxed LX and B boats respectnely, sprmg 1thlet1cs h 1d the1r sh1re of CXC1tCmCnt, fe1tur1ng the duly after supper st1ckb1ll g 1mes 1nd the H711 ' . ,, . . . . . 1 , , 1 1 D 1 .1 ,1 - , 1 ' ' Z 1 1 1 1 1 1 ,D 1 2 . . , ss, 1' 1 ' -Q 1, 1 . 1 1 1. 1 ' - ' . - V . - , .' . ' . 1 1 1 ,O 1 1 1 . . . , 1 1 . . 1 1 ' 2 132 Z Y ' '. ' 1 1 . . 1 Y, , ' ' U , ' 1 1 , 1 1 1 . . . . ,. . . . . . if .1 V 1 1 1 1 1 . - 1. 1. 1 , C ' 1 . 1' , , ' , . ., . ' . , '.. 1 1 1 . . , . . . . . . . 1 . . D K C . . I Y . , . . . ,. , . 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 . . , . . '. '. 1 1 , 1 . 1 ,D 1 - ,1 1 . , ' ' 1 . . 1 1 . . ' . , '- 1 1 .- 1 1 1 1 . 1. KK ' x 1 n ' X ' 'Q 1 1 . 1 1 . . . . . , 1 1 . 1 1 1 - 1 1 1 - ., . . 7' . . i . 1 1 . 1 1 D 1 . , . I . ' Y . 1 1 1 1 1 , 1 1 . . . . , . x ,I 1 1 1 . 1 D 1 1 1 ' ' 1 1 2 KK n ' . . . ,, 1 , , . 1 , 1 1 1 1 5 1 .1 1 1 . 1 2 I 1 1 7 Z 1 1 1 2 ' - 1 1 2 THE GROTONIAN First '1nd Second Club baseball seasons. Both Monadnock teams ultimately proved VILYOTIOLIS though IH each Case It requlred tl1I'1ll1HQ'l11Sf Illlllllg r1ll1es to Vflllqlllbll then opponents Somehow hoWeve1, the W lchusetts wo11 the en s COIUINCYIYIOH bw 1 dev1ous 'md suspect SCllE'HlC1I1XOlVll1g the forfe1ture 5 of 1111 Qeeond Club new se1son to the VX whusetts, xx 111111 only X11 DeVe1u w IQ evu lllle to ucplun ll1en Hn 1llv O11 1111e I' 1ft11 LlLCflIIfV l31n1f1 1111, B IIIILS 15 ofluers for the Com1ngye1r the l o1111 dep ll ted hom om the d 132165111 the baclxv 1rd ofB1ool1s House, f-CClll12,f very '- ?P1l :fry -r1Q EJB: 1-,PO f 3 f ,..C 3353 -'..1 1.-Q. 'D Ph Z'-1 -.- S.. F' S un 'Y PU F1 SI cn I-U rn I-4 'TJ TJ F0 1-1 UD O D' O O 1.. FD '-1 cn M -fill JJ I O 5 '1 W I JP 7 C' f E f '? T FD Q I F? 'J' I-4 F? 1' O S 3' ,-J .CL F? O I' O .CL 'Y 3' O 5 F? 'IZ' E1 3 3 C -+1 Z' CJ f Y : A .... I - T P-Q F' f JJ f 1. f 7. i - ., .1 1. ff' I O .. n-I 1. 'J Q. 5 3 7.. V FT fb I-4 f ' :- fu f A 1, -+1 2 iii Z 7 - 7 F? A 1, T f H 3 Q. X I 0142 th for 111 Y mr Qhenustry respeetnels HCHII De Blyle of NI in 111111 lNlL 11 lffll 1 11 l1o xose m the I 4 rm 1 lx CI 1e 1es1111111n11o1s1 1oo 1111 1 ll 1 1 ust 11111 sdtlul 1111lu11w11L mould Lf 1 L lx111 of llmuton lNux msn these were the lllklll JIOYTIL, CG 1 1du 1115 be1 1n1e m ue on h1s 1etu111 to snhool 111 bept11111e1, 1111 lhom s 1o11s of V1 h11h Ax LIlQl2IL Il1e ITUHTCIOUQ members ofthe 1401 m smftly thouffh not 111 1llc1scs pe 1ce fully 1ccustomed themselxes to the1r three dorm1to11es rho e of Nlessrs l I7 l 1 1 f .X . S, . I . . . . R I -. . 2 .X ' '1 . , ' 71 1 Y I h, .. Y . . v . A . u K 1 1 I C x I , ,. ' s. V . , , 7, N 1 - ', , - A 1. 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' 1 1 1 ' 1 'l ', 5 ' 1 11' 1' -1 - , 1 1 1 ' ' F Q ss 1 111' 2 THE GROTONIAN Moss O Connell and Satterthwaltej and to thelr many studles and the task ofdecor 1t1ng them ln the flll the llC1VyWVClgl1f athletes of the Form Falrburn DIYICII Vaugh IU md Perltms spent most of thexr wakmg hours on the football field P alrburn the ice guard to get h1s letter at season s end PCI'lxlI1S the tal ented Llckofl md extrl po1nt man and D1tzen and Vaughan IS fa1thful but glorlless 1ron cushions for the A squ idmen s blows Sa adah and Rand spent even more of the1r walqng hours wlth the squad answerxng dog falthfully to LYICS of heel' and manage' and ever hnmg 1ndl1m1ng the fields Those who tools. club football and soccer found llfe much e lsler Dormltory llfe proved equally eventful and sometlmes es en more h ll 1rd ous Rebellion 1n Mr Moss s dormltory w I9 almed xt 1 prefect who h ld e lrned h1S merclless d1sc1pl1ne1n the form ofan ephemeral H 1te Bat Llub whlch de rxved xts power from numerous pamphlets and handb1lls car1catur1ng sald S1xth Former and underscored wxth such plthy max1ms as Uneasy l1es the head that wears the crown Mr O Connell wlsely s1detracked the excess energy ofhxs charges by means of varxous unorthodox Br1t1sh VCFSIOHS of parlor games Senslng a row he would herd everyone 1nto h1s study for an even1ng of Are you there brother? xfter whlch the brethren would be only too glad to ret1re quxckly to bed 'lhls p1rt1cular pastxme conslsted of two blmdfolded opponents lylng prone on the floor each clutchmg the other s forearm 1n one hand and a rolled up cyllnder of newspaper IH the other One would 1ntone threatenlngly Are you there brother? and the other was requlred to reply 1n such a manner as he saw Ht W1th thxs sound as a gulde the first would brlng down h1s club w1th all h1s mlght on the spot where he thought h1s adversary s head was located Fortunately we were begmners and few dlrect h1ts were scored Of all the act1v1t1es the most engrosslng were homework and the preslden t1al elect1ons Everybody ln the Form took seven courses whlch pressed the schedule so h 1rd th If It txmes It was lmposslble to do all the work requlred Yet 1n t1me the majorlty ofthe Form rose above thls problem and by year s end Hfteen boys had m lde the honor l1st and all but nlne at least the merlt lxst There were several provocat1ve courses Mr Zlnk whetted h1s teachmg acumen on the broadly ranglng degrees oflntellxgence wlth whxch h1s Chemls l173l , . . . x 9 ' Q ' 1 ' . 1 , 1 f ' 1 -- .' , ' 2 , c Z , 2 Y- i U c ' l u x . 4 - 1 , v' 1 9 ' ' 3 J ' ' '1 1- ' , ' 1 .' ' ' ' fl ll Y 7 . l A 2 . c ' c L 4 N ' L , 1 - ' N ' CK 7, if l! ' ' ' ' ' . c . Tl . . ' ' 1 ' ' 1 ' . ' ' . ' ' f. 121 - '. . . 1. 1 1 1 ' 1 1 the nickname of Bat, and who lived to suffer wormwood-bitter revenge for . . . . . . ' ,, 2 t . ,, . - . . . . ,, . ll g , . . . L . . . . U ,, . C 1 C , ' ' ' ' KK ,Y , . 1 ' ' . , . Z . L 1 . .W . . I . , . y N T ' ' . N . . . ,, ' : Y! ' ' , . l ,. . . . . ' D . . . . , . , . . h , ' 1 1 1 ' ' ' ' ' 1 ' ' , . . I . . . , D J 3 c 2 A . THE GROTONIAN try d1v1s1on presented hlm and Mr Irons punctuatmg h1s lectures w1th frequent freehand delineatlons of Paris and the Channel Coast on the black board introduced some of the form to the intricate crxses little and blg ententes and embrogllos of European history Towards the end of the fall term the A Engl1sh d1v1s1on under the guidance of Mr Satterthwalte spllt up into pairs each parr wrote a play the class compared the final products and voted for and produced Studds and Auchmcloss little masterp1ece on 1nternat1onald1plomacy Delegates at Large starr1ng Bentley Demos Studds Cudahy Sa adah and Barnes The forthcom1ng electlons further stimulated a number of young minds Hamlm drew up plans for a full scale Young Republ1cans Club gamed a hard core of adherents joined the natlonal Young Republlcan League bu1lt up a library of pamphlets and buttons and managed to get one speaker 1 local pol1t1c1an from Fitchburg to address the School Then its purpose ichleved the club quietly collapsed The small but grow1ng nucleus ofSteven son supporters acqu1red batches of mordant buttons declaring such high brow slog ms as We Need Adlax Badly Bentley and Cudahy loyal c1t1zens t1c1pat1on election H1 ht arrived The first news of lnterest was made known at dlnner throughout evening study period news continued to pour IH Cmuch of It gleaned from the small portable radio in Emery s studyj Elnally the majority of boys sped oil' to the1r dormltorles to follow the returns through to Eisenhower s final victory and tumbled into bed fatlgued and sodden wlth black coffee at two A M Soon Chrlstmas vacation came and passed and the wlnter term arrived A large number of boys had parts 1n the School play Andrade: and the Lzon or m the Concord play Major Barbara It was1n the former productlon that Emery first earned hls place IH the thesp1an sun by demonstrating h1s abllxty to ad lib in Latln In an opportune lag in the dialogue Nlck playmg an ox driver murmured IH exasperatlon Per deos lmmortahbusl Cxzcj an 1m precation he apparently felt approp1ate to the tongue of an anc1ent Roman and to the Groton stage Moreover under the leadershlp ofB1ngham Demos Studds and Auchmcloss some members of the Form attempted to improve their skill at the Junior Debate argumg such profound IOPICS as Rexolved That the h1gher the fewer Those of achievement ln the field of athletics lI74l J ' J ' Q J , . 3 ' J ' 9 i J 9 , . , . . D D P J 3 Y J C J ' . . , . ' J L , C , 3 l L 3 ' 3 1 , . - , KK , ' Y! ' ' I L A u , of Illinois, were, of course, an integral part of this group. After much an- : Q - i a . . . , . . , . . . J I , . . , . , l , . f ' 9 J ' , . . U . . ,, . . J J ' J L . 6 . . ' J P I J , D : P THE GROTONIAN mcluded Pratt Fa1rburn and Perklns of the hockey squad and Schroeder and Demos rn basketball In t1me the all encompass1ng heat of sprlng supplanted the art1fical heat of the lndoors A large number ofthe Form took to crew though nobody made the squad and the rrver was the scene ofmuch earnest strxfe between the Second Monadnocks and Wachusetts The Monadnocks barely lost the season though It can be Sald that they came far from that day elrly rn the term when whlle they were turnmg around ln an upstre lm bend wrth Mr H xwkes 1n the coxsw un s se lt theyj lmmed 1nto the overh mgmg br mches of 1 tree md the bank underneath md were rn turn r lmmed by the W achusetts and eventually by a launch sent up for rescue purposes In baseball Ffurburn made the squad and the rest battled on the Frrst Clubs Tenms was the ChO1CC of those w1th no 1mmed1ate athletlc asp1rat1ons F1eld Rand and Gardner and of aces Perkxns and Hamlm Durlng the sprxng term the adventures ofthe Form decldedly took on a more lmagmatlve and mtelllgent color For the boys 1n A HISYOFY thls went essays on wh1ch everyone spent a large amount of t1me exceptlng Kerr who IS reported to have spent seven hours all together on the project and to have recelved an A mlnus There was the Dance Team lnstltuted by Mr VVaugh wh1ch had a dally scrrmmage IH the TOISC Room 1n preparat1on for the xmpendmg Concord Socrable Coach Waugh spent one breakfast cutt1ng out llttle paper feet to lllustrate the steps wh1ch were equrvalent to wa1k1ng In a strarght l1ne and dependedonly upon open door studded walls forlnstantaneous success On the TOISC Room bulletm board appeared the chron1cles ofAuch1ncloss Gull: ble s D travels and correspondences w1th the notorxous and mysterlous F mny Flrmfortress the psycholog1calen1gma ofA and B an advertrsement p1ctur1ng two men seated on both sldes of and holdlng hands w1th a dynamlc blonde fthe questlon was who was makmg more headway? Many subtletles and nuances of judgement were lntroducedl and the staggermg exposxtxon of Demos sub law Mr Zxnk durlng one class early ln the term c1neram1cally declared that one 1ns1gn1Hcant chemrcal was so vltal to the Amerlcan soap lndustry that the amount used 1n one year by the country could fill a sol1d l1ne of boxcars from New York to Chrcago Demos rose to the bart Once he l17 ' C , 1 - 3 C . L L I 1 . 3 6 Q . . S . ' Q L J L Q L L . , ' ' . . 1 ' , ' ' . ' . 1 ' . . . , . . . 2 ' 1 z , z 1 Y I 1 . , . . ' . 7 L L L , L L L ' 2 Q ' J ' L . l . . . . 6 . C . . M . , L , C - L . . . , . L T. g . K . . i . . , . without saying, for most ofthe term was consumed in the writing ofweighty C . L L . , . J . C L . I ' I 3 lc 1 L . D 1 . L , . . C . . C. . , - ' L L a . . . . , C, . L lv L - 1 H ' ' I ' ' L L Q 9 , . . . . . ' ' ' 9 J ,,. . . ,, . I . . L I THF GROTONI AN lr 1d re1ehed the dubrouQ eonelusron tl11t the 1ver1ffe 'XINCFIQIII took two hundred b 1ths 1 ye ll, rt w 1s only 1 short trme before he 11111 eornputed th If the number of Sfllp b11bbles 11sed bx the Unrted Stltes rn one ue ll eould lllllld 1 brrdge from l 1rtl1 to Pluto srx feet two rnehes wrde, one 1nd srx elexenths eubrts deep, wrth 1111111105 seventeen thumb lenwths lllffll, topped bx lrttle knobs on e1ehot the posts sp1eed If rnterx 1ls of hfty srx feet' Il1e SOLl11lJlC, under tl1e IUSPICCS of Loneord 'XL1LlCI71X, soon e 1me llld went 1fter 1 neu free for 1ll 1fter the CllI1CC wrth boxs fr om llIOfllLI sehool who objeeted to br 1l1l'lfllI1 s l'l1OI1OpOllllIlQ' the grrls lINldll1LLPI1!l.S -Xnd then tl1e term rtsdl soon p1ssed Consrdembly slow ed down by the number ofd us left mnemonres on the wrndow sh ldes, floors, doors, lllel swords of hmbrrreos study 'I hel 1SfI11fTllff.OLlUCl 1l.1rge number ofeontented W 1LllllSCffS stufhrw therr poekets wrth LlllI'IHS rn reward for the superror perform 1nee rn footb 111, b 1Qeb1ll 1nd crew, and Burgh 1111 -Xuchrneloss, 1nd Demos w ere mnouneed IS the oH1CerQ for the Frfth Form year The next d1y every one left for the summer , 1nd the I'CI1lCITllJI'1l!1CCS ofthe year were 15 strong rn the mrnds of m 1ny 11s w ere the hopes of the year to come I 1 th P07772 Yew Soon 1fter we returned to sehool rn 1952, e 1eh new dormrtory lLqUlILil rts eh ll 1eterrstrc routrne w hreh w IQ to persrst throughout tl1e ye 1r ln Brooks House Mr Nrehols dorm bo lsted oftherr 11m'171nQ skrll lt Sleeprng, thouwh therr rest w1s sometrmes broken by Farrburn s sleep flllxllilf 1nd w rlkrnw 11761 J 1 . 1, 1 1 1 , 1 . 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Sixth Form Back Row Emblrlcos Burnett C T Rand Ives F Hlggmson T Adams bchleffelm Vaughan Ourusoff Second Row Studds Cudahy Gardner Hamlm Kerr Mueller deBayle Front Row P Cushing Falrburn Barmg Gould Bakewell Demos K Auchmcloss T Bingham vanRo1Jen Taylor Dlal Sheffield Third Form Year O Third Row: Hartz, Pratt, Sa 'adah, Bentley, Wfilliams, Devens, Field, Emery, L. Barnes, Schroeder, Zoullas D KFNNETH AUCHINCLOSS 71 East 71st Street New York Cltw New York Harvard THATCHER MAGOUN ADAMS JR 111 Millbrook Road Yale HENRY PALMER BAKEWELL 63 Foxcroft Road West Hartford Connecticut Yale . 9 Hamden, Connecticut , .Y9 9 VFRDI LEE BARNFS 90 Velasquez Madrid Spam Harvard RICHARD NORCROSS BENTLEY 1421 Lake Road Lake Forest Ilhnols Yale MICHAEL DARRAGH BARING COULD Santa Barbara Calnforma Wzllzams 19 East Perdido Street ROBERT REYNOLDS BURNETT 149 I' ast 73rd Street New York CII, New York Yae THOMAS ALEXANDER BINGHAM Salem Connecticut Yale WILLIAM BREWER CUDAHY 6 East Scott Street Chicago Illlnols Yale 1 A 1 1 . 7 , l 1 9 PHILBROOK SANGER CUSHING Pequot Trail Stonington Connecticut Ya e JOHN PUTNAM DEMOS 10 Francis Avenue Cambridge Massachusetts Harvard HENRI JOSFPH ANTHONY DEBAYLE Managua Nicaragua Harvard 9 l 4 i N A 9 CHARLES DEVENS, JR. 703 Brush Hill Road Milton, Massachusetts Harvard NATHANIEL VICTOR DIAL Green Brlar Road Westport Connecticut Q'-J fr Yae STAMATI NICHOLAS EMBIRICOS Vallev Vlew Farm Warrenton VlfglDl3 Ya e s 1 s 'I ,,,,-,Wm I . WZ? - 1' 2255 , . -Aff ,lg ,Q , : p Ella I .X 1. ,gf . ' 1 . J Y - iq .75 I ' QW, ,Q - 'ffv- S . A ,1.4.ik ,, W j :Vg 4 gdfxg- ,2'I.QX2' 3 - 'kfflk-f5?f5':'A ' 'I ' WILLARD LMERY JR. 9 Charles River Square Boston Massachusetts Harvard BONNER MILLER FIELD Palm Springs California Harvard 125 East 74-th Street New York Cnty New York Harvard 1 DAVID HADDEN FAIRBURN JOHN NELLIS HAMLIN JR Callumet Helghts Portland Oregon Harvard PAUL GARDNER JR Wlld Acres Bausman Pennsylvanla Harvard JOHN CLINTON HARTZ Sycamore Farm Bernardsvllle New Jersey Trimty FRANCIS LEF HICGINSON III Stratham Helghts Fxeter New Hampshlre Harvard Peckham Road Llttle Compton Rhode Island Ya e THOMAS ALBERT KFRR EHgIlSht0WH Road Jamesburg New Jersey Prmceton JULIUS ATWooD IVES sl I N KURT ANTON MUELLFR Ulmenstrasse 2 Lucerne Swltzerland St Gall Unwersuy NICHOLAS OURUSOFF 0921 Cedar Parkway Chevw Chase Maryland Harvard HAROLD IRVING PRATT JR Shutter Lane Os ster Bay Long Island New York Harvard A s 9 , 9 . is, , . V 1 v . . 9 9 CHRISTOPHFR TEMPLE FMMET RAND JR 246 Canon Drrve Santa Barbara Callfornla Unwerslty of Call ornta JOHN JAY SCHIEFFELIN JR 209 East 66th Street New York Clty New York Yale t DAVID MOUNIR SA ADAH 5 River Street Woodstock Vermont Harvard JAMFS ROCKWELL SHEFFIELD 2 East 93rd Street New York City New York Yae DAVID ATWOOD SCHROEDER 5156 Westminster Place St. Louis, Missouri Ya e 16 Black Horse Lane Cohasset Massachusetts Yale l li GERRY EASTMAN STUDDS CHARLES MINER TAYLOR 10 Woodmere Avenue Rumson New Jersey Harvard GEORGE WHEATON CARR VAUGHAN The Llghthouse Wickford Rhode Island Yale JAN HERMAN ROBERT DUDLEY VANROIJEN 2347 S Street NW Washlngton D C Utrecht 9 Q! 97 , . . , . . 9 SAMUEL DUNSTAN WILLIAMS Sage Avenue Lawrence Long Island New York Harvard NICHOLAS SOPHOCLES ZOULLAS 417 Park Avenue New York Clty, New York Harvard Back Row Gardner Bakewell Sheffield Faxrburn L Barnes Studds Front Row Demos K Auchmcloss T Bmgham Brooks House Pre PFI JOHN DEMOS PAUL GARDNER DAVID FAIRBURN Prefects Senior Pre ect KENNETH AUCHINCLOSS School Prefects HENRY BAKEWELL LEE BARNES QSM.. Hundred House Pre ect THOMAS BINGHAM JAMES SHEFFIELD GERRY STUDDS Baseball Squad H! 6 ig wa Im gnnrub snr: Back Row Mr Waugh CAsszstant Coachl K Auchmcloss CManagerj Mr O Brlen fHead Coachj Third Row Hopkms J Carmody S Forbes Polk Slmmons Barnett Mosle Second Row J Bmgham H Scott Faison C Clark Duvall Front Row Bentley Hartz Pratt Fa1rburnCCaptamD Barmg Gould Dlal Demos Crew Squad 'R' i 1- M1 -1 -1'-1 '-'1 i 'W 7 1 f S Q sf ,LLL away-aww W Back Rau. Ta lor Cfisszstant Managerj J Hxggmson J Rlchards Lambert Bakewell Hnggmson E Clark Vau han fCaptaznD Vhllrams Parker Coolldge Landon Whlte L Barnesf anagerj Front Row Waterston ,I Trask Bacon bw-V... K , Q ww as-ar ' ' ' 2 7 -t w, '- it if : : : -1 ,,1r.,ra,,w5m-,,,r1,.W : - 2 - 1-N '-x '-- -1 M- -3 . -,,,.. .5 ,.., ., ,.. l-'- - 'l1 ' V ' ivki l A Z ff, 5 , 44 X f - X 1 5 Hafigr 5-9 . , ,B 3 .Az az. Q Tc Y Q C 5 G X C in C: v.Q 1 in H r ' Qfgw. 1, 7' I rwtss K W A G 33 v7 , o . 1 4 ,ir fr, an r a , . 2 E as 5' ' , 7 . 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Q ':,-.'4Tf- T ' ' ' -Ngu- w.-: ' Q.: .':- A 'S- .,-Q,?v'9L-- . ' .. - - ' 'bs 3- 1-W-L xg -P S ifik.. 91 ---C- --5'-i. ' C BOAT .1 hw-vm Z- A Back Row Mr Irons M Sedgwlck Humphreys Devens Sheffield T Bmgham K Roosevelt deBresson CManagerD Second Row Cuyler Barmg Gould I Roosevelt C Clark Keyes Sch,-Qeder Front Row Dlhblee Hamlm Hartz Dual Ourusolf QLaptaml H Scott Fan-burn 0 Tennis Squad Captain Coach NICHOLAS OURUSOFF RICHARD K IRONS ti SI E 'F ' N to 5 ,- V. gag , ,gf f 4 ' 4 s-- 4- 4 , g z 4 J ' Q. ' . , f , X ' ,, L' A Qi ,vj.,?.'j-2 75' ll f - s - 9 9 9 , . , ' 7 : 7 ' 9 ' 1 ' 1 9 : 9 9 9 9 , . , ' A 'S Back Row F lfth Row Fourth Row Tlnrd Row .Second Row Front Row Vi , fs- X Messrs Zahrlskxe Gammons Crocker Abry Wrlght Falrburn Gonansky Landon Hudson Coolidge Mr Rlmmer Cudahy Sheffield F Hlgglnson Bakewell Studds Pratt Mr Hawkes Mr Young T Bnngham Burnham Barnett Cuyler Donaldson Waterson Dawson Brewster I Trask F Trask H Sedgwick .I Roosevelt Cooley Darley Huxley M Forbes Sloan C Francis C Hull B Francis Alken Zunmo Brad Cutler L Lawrence P Tllney Rush Boyer, Sullnvan, G Robbms, Anthony, Channing, Burn Cutler, K Bingham, Kellogg, Putnam, Green, J Rlchards, Bacon Choir 5 lb A34 Q,-.Y fi gh? -5 if mls sf? ' 1' ,Q A 1 w ,figs ' -f' . 1 Z , f ,CZ 'wi . . if , C , M L , 5 - if t 1 L ' ZH, , 3 - ,Fi 3 V'?!i'ff5?' l f 2 4 is . , , .I Q 55.12 -A gi- N 3 r , ?, Q-F .g 1. fn' R DQ e ' 7 . , . 5 - , a 1 a 5 1 Q 1 q v - , 5 , - q Q 1 s - 1 - s ' 9 7 9 : 9 s 1 9 - s ' 1 - s ' 7 9 S 9 ' . . . . . . , ' 9 ' . 9 ' 9 ' 9 9 9 ' 9 ' 9 ' 7 1 Back Row Fourth Row Tlnrd Row Second Row From Row Faison Hudson F Hlgglnson Studds Bakewell Vaughan Emery Burnett L Barnes Coolldge Veswlwo Hopkms Donaldson deBayle Kerr Demos Kennedy Falrburn F Trask Field llllams H Scott MacLean Landon D Bmgham Kingsbury E Robhms Potter Esmerlan Chapln Devens Schroeder I Blngham Barnett Cudahy George Ourusoif Gardner RIVIHUS Welch Burnham Humphreys T Bingham Mr Gammons Shefixeld 'I Adams Bentley Pratt Dual Glee Club Back Row Second Row F ron! Row Lewls Bentley Cuyler Vaughan Pulhng Vesselago Whnte Kellog Donaldson H Francls Loyd Shaw D Bingham Studds Schroeder Burnett mgshury S Auchmcloss Rlvlnus Mr Rlmmer J Bmgham F Hlgg1nBOH Welch vanRo1Jen F Trask Burnham Landon Cudahy Hudson Barnett M Sedgwlck Ourusoff T Bingham F alrhurn Sheffield Mr Gammons Parker T Adams Polk F alson Olyphant Dunn EIRhlflCOS Hamlm Potter Devens Emery Humphreys P Tllney Kenney Putnam B Francis C Francis Boyer Powers Back Row Burnham Mosle Lewls Mahan C Adams H Richards Faison J Hxggmson Lloyd Third Row Rdscott F Trask White Westgate Chase Hudson Morgan M Sedgwick Gonansky Front Row deBresson K Roosevelt McLaughl1n Ranson Lambert Landon Chapm L Cabot E Clark Mlssmg H Francis Flfth Form Secretary SAMUEL W LAMBERT, III F urs: Counczllor Second Counclllor JOHN H C RANSON DAVID M. LANDON Second Row: Humphreys, George, Cuyler, Hopkins, Donaldson, L. Tilney, Keyes, C. Clark Back Row I Carmody RIVIHUS Yardley Colloredo Mansfeld Heshn J Bmgham Parker Dunn Vesselago Rhea Thlrd Row S Forbes Schabert Portocarrero Harrls Shaw McGuck1n F Hlll Plerson Flnley Patterson Front Row Barnett Bram Pullmg H Scott Welch Bross B Cabot Coolidge Cn Gund S Auchmcloss M lsung Webb MacLean Fourth Form Secretary WILFORD H WELCH F lrst Counczllor Second Counclllvr JOHN A Bnoss, JR HUGH C. SCOTT : ' 1 l l 9 9 ' 1 I 5 ' ' s 1 9 9 . : ' Y , 7 S 9 . , ' . 1 . Y - I Second Row: Heard, Porteus, Weekes, Belmont, Bullard, D. Brown, Minturn, Percival, Reynal : 3 ' 7 I 7 ' 5 7 Q ' 1 . 7 9 7 : 1 Back Rou Schmldt J Trask P Barnes llutchlns Case T Fuslung 'l AllI'lIlHl lOSS Maynard Busk H Sedgwick Thzrd Rau Plke Duvall Anken Klngsbury Kenney Potter Slmmons Waterslon McDougal M Iforbes .Second Row Fvans Crosby ,I Roosevelt Dalley Cross Strut! Dlbblee Lsmernan Looley Babcock Kennedy Slbley Front Row Nl Brown l'els L Robbms Polk Wrlght R Rand Powers Mzssmg D Blngham Third Form Secretary WILLIAM M POLK F Irst Counclllor Second Councillor THOMAS H WRIGHT JR EDWARD H ROBBINS JR . . Y . , , ,. ,. , . , . , 9 , , . A , . , , , , . V. . . . - Y w ' 9 9 s 9 9 9 9 9 9 - : 1 9 9 - f 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 f 9 9 , . , 1 . 9 . - A - 9 v - 9 1 9 - 9 0 . . . , . . , ' Back Row Wllllamson Putnam D Carmody B Francls Zunmo Southworth I Lawrence E Lawrence Third Row Bacon Brooks Anthony Sharp Brad Cutler Perera Burn Cutler Peabody Dawson Front Row Huxley Chanmng Brewster Whltney P Txlney Childs Brmley R t Svott lllzssmg Olyphant Frelmghuysen Second Form Secretary PHILIP V TILNEY F lrst Counczllor Second Councillor JOSEPH S FRELINGHUYSEN III JOHN W CHILDS i ,. . . . ' 9 5 ' 5 ' 9 5 5 ' 1 ' ' 5 3 9 1 ' 9 5 ' 1 9 Second Row: Liebolt, Rush, Boyer, C. Hill, Fisher, Sullivan : Y, I 9 3 Y . la ' . 9 I 9 ' 5 , ' : 7 . , - THE GROTONIAN HIgg1HSOH '1Woke 1n the m1ddle of one mght 1nd found F,11rbu1n s h 1nds iround h1s neck However, they were Wlfh the except1on of these s11b LONSCIOUQ l1pses, '1 sober ind somnolent lot Mr Younfr s 1nf1rm1ry LTOIIU W1s gwen to long ifter lwhts convers'1t1ons often devoted to reb11tt 11s of W 1111 lms st lI'fl1!1Q but pers1stent bellefth If spox ts c 1rs '11 e possessed of souls But Nlr O Lonnell s dorm W 19 popul 1ted by more rebelllous types, gn en to pr 1ct1c 11 jokes Dunno the w1nter term Mr O Connell rece1ved 1 v1s1t from 1 tI'lVCllIlU tculor selhng SUlfS 'I he 1nterv1eW took pl 1ce 1n the study just before bcdt1me After sever 11 m1n11tes, Cud 1hy he 1rd h1s uorm m ISYCX s res1st1n1e we1ken '1nd XVlSl1H1g to s 1ve h1m from Wh 1t he COl151Cl6I'6d 1 P001 b11y l1e stomped 1nto the room The s 1lesm 1n h 1d m 1neuve1 ed Mr O Connell lI1tO 11011161 llld W 1s befunnlng to dr 1pe 111111 IH 1 sol t ofH 1rr1s Tweed f0Ql He looked up 1nd s1W Qud1hy nude st1nd1ng1n tl1e doorW1y Wlth 1 bLllU'lllgl1Llf1ClI'X b 111 over h1s shoulder P O C Got whit? CUDAHY The h 1msters, slr P OC H1mStCFSPl CUDAHY Yes slr, the himsters you ordered for the feed s1r CH1171' the lweed merrhanl, pzm zn moullz, became vzszbly dzftufbed and mumbled somellzzng zffzzlztellzgzblcd 1 ll take them out and put them IH hot W 1te1 so s they ll be tender However, 111 pl 1y W1s not conhned to the dormxtorles Twelve members of the Porm were on the footb 111 sq111d 1fth1s m 1y bc c1lled pl 1y Whlle e1ght others helped the soccer te 1m to 1 hve Won one lost se 18011 Besldes these conventzon 11 b1llglH1CS, other less orthodox ones were mvented Brooks House w IS the stronghold of Lorbe IUX b 111 1 g 1me Whose only const mt rule W IS th If ClLll pl 1yer should h1t 1 pmg ponfr b1ll w1th 1 topy of the dur 1bly bound schoolboy ed1t1on of Henrl Becque s L65 Corbmux, through Wh1ch V A French W1s slowly torhng COI'lJClLlX b1ll W1s to 11 1ve 1n un expected repercusslon Demos retrlevmg 1 b1ll Wh1ch h1d f-111611 beh1nd 1 r1d11tor 111 Studds and G 1rdner s study dlscovered there 1 folded p 1cket of pf1per Wh1ch turned out to be 11 1p1nesepr1nt It looked very 1llIfl1CIlflC 1nd v1luz1ble Ind on the reverse SldC was wr1tten clearly 3200 oo The next 1 177 . . . . . 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THE GROTONIAN mornrng at breakfast there was much speculatron on rts orrgrn, and exerted mrnds recounted exotrc tales of flbulous prrces fetched by parntrngs drscovered rn out of the way corners The next vacatron Demos took the lntrque tre lsure to the world s foremost expert on Orrental prrnts, a venerable Brrtrsher who happened to be vrsrtrng Harvard YV1th rll concealed drsgust at Demos lack ofartrstrc acumen, the gentleman pronounced rt worth approxrmately twenty Hve cents Classes, too seemed to play an rmportant part rn our darly routrne YVe h 1d 1 new course, Current Events, where most w1ll be remembered only by way of therr rnrtrals carefully engraved on Mr Irons table and where Brngham gave an unforgettable speech on Suburbra U S A After shockrng hrs audrence wrth tales of wrld dog plcks whrch ranged through housmg developments, terrorrzrng the rnhabrt 1nts 1nd therr offsprrng he proceeded to present a new lrgument rn fwor of televrsron rn the home In a most rnnocent and factual m mner he quoted a surburban housewrfe as reportrng I thought my hus b1nd had forgotten how to neck untrl we got our televrsron set ofGroton s duty condrtronrng law Grotonzans .uzll unhcrzlatzngly pefform any task asszgned by autlzorzfx One d ly vanRorjen mrsre ld hrs schedule c 1rd and thrnkrnv that the Frfth Form had Mathematrcs that perrod he wllked late rnto a Fourth Form Geometry class Frndrng everyone bowed over at work on a test, he calmly took up the mrmeographed sheet on hrs charr and worked untrl he had completed half the test on materral he had covered the prevrous year Then he had to speak to ask a questron Mr Nash strll considers thrs the only lrrrv 11 rn hrs class of the Hottentot for whom he has been wartrng 1ll these years The event of the wrnter term was our first Dance VVeekend From the moment we returned from Chrrstmas vacatron untrl VN ashrngton s Brrthday rt was practrcally the sole toprc of conversatron Indrvrdual and Form battrng rverages Qnumber of acceptances drvrded by number of rnvrtrtrons were constantly berng comprled More serrous preparatron was takrng place 1n the Hill where Auchrncloss, Burnett, Emery, and Sa adah were 1U the cast of Monlsermi, and at Concord Academy, where Studds Embrrrcos, Bentley, Barnes, and Kerr ostensrbly rehearsed for Elzzabeth the ueen Only three men CFarrburn, Demos, and Bentleyl had recerved therr letters I 178 ' - - - . ' , ' 1 ' 1 , . . . . . . . . . . , L - 1 , 1 . l . cl I l B I . c . . . . , . ' . , c , . . . . I . I 1 . . l K I M l Z I . l . c ' 4 2 , . . ' ' : U ' - I . . . ,, l C Q Mr. Nash had B Math, and inadvertantly provided the setting for a proof ' 'Jn z ' ' 1 ' 2 , . , . 'I D ' L K C I . , 2 C L n C L ' I ' llll n I . l . 2 . 2 . . L 1. . . . . , . , . I Z L ' I . . . . 2 . D . , . Z 9 D THE GROTONIAN 1n footb 111 Durmtf the sprlng term we COI1t1ULlCCl. to dem0nstr1te th 1t, on the 11 hole, we were not IH 1thlet1c form Only Bmng Gould Bentley, Demos I+ 11rburn 1nd Pr 1tt m 1de the b1seball squ1d 1nd Furburn 11 is the only letterm1n He bec'1me the first person IH the hlstory of the School to c 1pt 1111 two m ljor sports Y 1ugh 1n c 1ptf11n elect Hlgg1HSOH ind W 1ll1 ImS rowed on the LII1ClCf'CltCCl crew The Foxm p 1rt1c1pf1ted IS 1 unlt ln only one sport -Xt the form PILIIIQ Mr O Connell w1s se17ed with the sudden llltl st1ll unex pl uned uwe to chmb 1 tree He chose the t 1llest one he tould hnd 1I'lCl soon re lLhCll the top Up to thxs poxnt we feel th lf Mr O Connell s 1lDNOI'H1ll IL N011 m1ypc1h1ps bc expl 11ned IS 1gr1t1fit lf1OI1 of hls IIIIICI' desne to relive per SOI11lly the lfllllfflpll ox er Mt hverest by hls countrymen, but here he broke the B1 rtxsh tr 1d1t1on ofsportsm 1nl1ke mount IIIICCFIIIO' 1nd proceeded to hurl by 1 contmuous volley oftom1toes,1ce cubes, 1nd other 1ssorted IT11SS1lCS from the r lI1lxS below I71n1llyhe W'1SpCI'I'Tl1ttCd to descend, only to be doused XV1fl'l 1 t11b of lce w lftl just IS he swunff down from the l1st br 1nch T lfth lform ye 1r 111 1 W 1y represents 1 llmbo 1monff the st wes of Groton l1fe In every other form there rs some new functlon to look forW1rd to, 1nd e 1ch other lO1I4!1 m 1rlxs 1 definrtely lllgllel' level of development ln the School There IS no equlvalent for the F1fth Form the only bf1rr1er p 1ssed xs one of tlme We h 1d 1 lot of fun together, but the ye 1r wf1s SlgI'1lHC Int only IS 1 pro logue U-41 1 . ' ' ' 1 1 ' ' ' 1 1 ' . 1 ' - , ,' 1, 'L' , 1 1 1 1 1 , 1 1' '1 1 . 1 ' ' 1 1' 1 ' . '1 1 C 1 1' - D, ' ' ,1 P '1 1 '. ' 1 ' ' 1 1 1 ' A . 1 - . . , . . . 1 ' ': 1 ' ' 1 M. 1 1 ' 1 ' 1 5 . . , . , . 1 ' . ' 1 . 1 1 1 ' -. . 2 . . l . Y 1. . 5,2 branches down upon the picnickers bene11th. This treachery was counteracted '1 ' ' 1 ' 1 1 ' ' A , V , ' . ' - ' 1 . 1 1 1 1 ' '1 1' 1 D 1' 1 ' . 7' 1 T ' 1 ' 1 1 1 1 ' 1 ' 1 ' L 3 L D . . . 3 c . Z .N ' . Y 1 1 1 1 ' ' 1 1 1 - 1 I , I annul-.-nil ' , 5 1 ' xl 17: X 5 1 If 1 X THE GROTONIAN Szxth Form Year Slxth Form year actu 1lly began ln VVash1ngton, D C , ln une, 1954 vwlth 1 trxp sponsored by Congressman Auchmcloss C041 of New ersey Shmy new bla7ers, fresh from the looms of Lhlpp Cf? Co appe lred 111 the U S Treasury the gallemes of the House and Senate, the State Dep irtment Bu1ld mg the lobby of the M lyflower Hotel and the Club B lyou The hlch pomt of the trlp w1s 1 dmner at the L 1p1tolH1ll Club where we were ofler ed lfter dmner cw 1rs and the oratory of several St Grottlesex congressmen One not able 1bsence among these lawmakers was the face ofRep F D Roosevelt r Q 22 w hose om1ss1on was explaxned when one congressman Gravely lssured us th it Roosevelt w lS 111 favor of the demlse Of1f1St1flltlOI1S hke Groton YY 1th thls horrxble thouvht 111 our mmds throughout the summer If w lb wxth joy ind rellef that we retulned the next fall to find that Groton 111 splte of the mcreasmg chances ofa Democratlc vlctory ln the comlnv ClCCtlOI19, w IS stlll glorxously mtact and unspotted Sxxth Form year 1ntroduced m my new elements of Groton l1fe wh1ch we accepted with easy 1l1cr1ty among them supper, whlch seemed to be attended by everyone except the faculty 3D the somewhat dubxous pr1v1lege ofstaymg up all mght 4 Toynbee and 5 Kurt Muller Swnss exchange student and orthographlc ll pur1st, another 1dd1t1on to our mternatlonal set Numbers three and four often fused mto 1 thoroughly unholy alh mce, especxally around essay tlme At least once a term Mlss Gash would come to work 1n the mormng to find several hvxng corpses strewn around the lower hbrary, trymg to shake off the Jag caused by No doz tablets On one OCQJSIOH she d1scovered all ten volumes ofd Study q Hz.vtory stacked ne ttly 111 the fireplace Perhaps our dlfHCUlflCS could be traced to such pass tges as XX hen the Manchu limperors K ang HSI Czmperabat A D 1662 1,225 and Ch men Lung C1mperabatA D 1736 1796, emulated their Mlng predecessorY ung Lo s Ta Tzen the prmtmg zn extemo ofCh len Lung s Sfu k u Ch uan Shu was out of the ques txon K ang Hsl s K m fmg Ixu Clzzn I' u Shu Ch: Ch eng fC0mpcndzum 0 Lzfera lure and Ifluslmlzons Anczent and Moriern drawn up under Imperial duthorztyl was more fortunate The date for squ1bs was set for two weeks after the St Mark s game 1Toy nbee,A iStudy W'Hzstory Oxford New York 1954 Yol IX p 55 I 180 1 L I 1. ' 2 L I ' , . . I J , T I . . . , J . . ' ' A ., 1 ' . . , , , L - M, 1 , 1 . j ' z . ' ' 'z ' ' ' ' - 1 - ,Di . xi . 1 1 . ' . . . , , . . . .l ' all Y ' ' :Q ' 2 ,. . . 5 . . M N ,. 2 N . L . L - I 1 ,. N . . . . . ' ' 1 were IJ the blackmark Chnding ourselves at the other end of itjg QD faculty ' ' 4. ' 4 D if D ff' ' ' YY ' ' . Y . 'z ' Cl ' 7, ' ' J ' ' Y CK' I! KK ,F 1 n x ' - - H v . A . 5 . , , , . . . ,. , , l' ' , ., ,. , . ,V - f . - ,A . f . 1 . , . , . . J ' Q A I cl I C a , 1 , J ' , I Y . ., , , , . . , . . THE GROTONIAN The 1nst1tut1on offaculty supper was rece1ved calmly at first, but as the year wore on 1nd S1xth Formers bec1me hungrler, 1 few p1oneers beg in to explore the re llms beyond the pantry and often the Crockers would come downst urs the next mornmg to End that the1r entlre breakfast hid already been con sumed The s1tu 1t1on was brought to 11 he 1d III the exploslve butterb 1ll1nc1 dent or I fl fzzfe dex beurreballex, whereby Ill 1 tense Form meetmog comp 1 r 1ble only to the str 1wberry Cp1SOClC1H The Came Mzzlzfzy, we NVCIClHf-OI'IT1CCl by tl1e Sen1or Prefect of the myster1ous d1sf1ppe1r lnce of th1rty e111ht butter b1lls from the Croclcers refr1ffer 1tor After sh 1m1n11 us 1ntosubm1ss1on w1th 1 fr 1ph1c descr1pt1on ofthe l 1bor 1nvolved 1n the m lllllf-lCfLlI'C of 1 smcgle butter b1ll, the 'iemor Prefect drew 1 s1mple mor 11, You h should not e If other people s butterbills ThlS W 15 too much for H 1rtL wl1o cro1lsed 1n hurt 0LltI'1QC Aw cr11m there IHUSI1 been If le 1st hfty of SUI Ill therc' The meetmg ended 111 ch 1os Wltll turbulent cr1es of All l'lLIl1t H ll tl, couuh up those butterb11lls' Sqmbs w 18 postponed unt1l 1fte1 the I'h 1nksg1v1ng recess The f1ll term found the footbill team CXPCFICHCIHQ 1 se 1son wh1ch, IH terms of the PICVIOUS three years, was a howlmg success The School suflered 111 ex treme stf1te ofdelzrzum tremem when we won our Hrst St M ll k s g 11116111 four ye'1rs, w1th several S1Xth Fo1mers d1st1ngu1sh1ng themselves on the gr1d11on th It h 11y November afternoon The v1ctory w'1s h1ghly psycholo111c ll due to chor1sters Sheffield and Schroeder who led 11 pre game holy roller sess1on1n the locker room w1th the lusty smgmg of nlnety IIIYIS m1les more to go YN 1th the ent1re St M 1rk s team Cflllglflg IH the1r locker room 1cross the hf1ll the g 1me w IS won before we even stepped onto the field The soccer te 1m, Llllclel L 1pt11n W 1ll1 1ms, h 1d mother successful se 1son, vw 1nn1ng Eve 111d losmv two YVl1en we returned from the Thanl-1sg1v1ng recess, squlbs w11s promptly put off unt1l 1fter Chr1stm1s V3Cdf1OH The XVIHICI' term beg 1n Wlfh the openlng of the new hockey I'1Illx 1nd the bc11111n1n11s of e1ctens1ve oper 1t1ons for the d 1ncc weekend c 1mp ugn Squ1bs under the 1m 1g1n 1t1ve d1rect1on ofR Bentley, w 18 wr1tten st wed 1ehc 1rsed, '1nd produced 111 1 week ind 11 h 1lf The result wls 1 show pollshed IH some pl ICLS, sl1,,htly cr11de 1n otl1crs The h1gh po1nt w1s to be 1 mot1on IWICUIFL doc11ment 1ry entltled 17115 IS GIOIOI1 School w1th fCLllI'llC1l 1ss1st 1nce from Mr Young 1nd sever'1l afternoons were spent Hlmlng sonorous dorm l1811 C L K. 2 1 , 1 , ,1 c , , - ' 1 ' 1 1 1 ' ' H 1 ' .' n C C 1 L ' il Ill 'Q Tl ' 1 i ' i 1 C c L' ,, ,, . . . . . 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 - - 1 v , . 1 I ul .1-l ' 1 I1 K A4 L ss L O c 2,2 1 2 1 1 1' - 1 1 r I 1 . 1 at 1 1 1 1 ...u ...er... Y Y I! ' l r i iv 1 S kc C L L ' KK ' ! ' Y! 1 1 1 2' 1 ,! D . . . . ,, . .. , 1.. , 1 1 . 1. 3 c, 7 O 1 YY 1 . x is L C u c 1 1 ' 2'2 ' Q . 1 - .. 1 , . L f 4 K L c L . . . 1 ET . 1 '1 L, J . . . ,,. . . ,, ,. . 1 , . . . . H i n C C S , 1 1 . 1 2 '- . . ,.. . . . L K C K C L L D p 1 1 ' . 2 1- ,Z Y H . 2 2 ' 2 2 . 5, I 1 Q L ,L lb , Le 1 2 '1 ' 2. 1 2 1 1 1.11 1 f . 22 1 1 - V I ltr I . 4 s ,, I w if uw.w - 1 1 , 1 1 . ,1 1 ' 1 ' - THE GROTONIAN itory scenes, hecticilly st lged fives games, and a number of tricky d1n1ng room sequences, one of which featured K Auchmcloss regurgxtatmg a whole slice of bread in one piece Unfortunately, out of the three hundred feet filmed, only seventy five came back from processing in time to be shown, and worse, the iilm broke on the night of the performance, causing ten mlnutes ofpainful ad libbmff in the darkened auditorium From this show much t ilent wls gle med for the Dram it s production of The C1 urzble with Studds Auchlncloss, S1 adqh Emery 1nd Bentley Other Sixth l'orm thespl ins included Cudahy Kerr ind Burnett who trekked down to Concord Acxdemy to rehearse for Our Town, with the vers xtile Burnett pllymg two roles at once The day before the performance, Cudzhy w1s struck down by measles and was repliced by 1 Third Former, thus showing how Lady Luck or Father Time, or Mother Mrsfortune or wh ltever warped personality it IS that controls such matters, could make Form history strange ly repeat itself Csee Thrrd Form Yearj But this episode W 15 not the only example of 1 sequel in the history of our lform The D wid Noble rabbit 1nc1dent see Second Form Ye ir was re suscrt lted when one Sund ly Mr Getty h ippened to be rt the lVl lnsurs In which would indie ite that the r 1bb1t had not dis zppe ired it all For politely inquiring is to the whereabouts of the M insur children th it dry Mr Getty was mformed that they were offin the woods pl lying w1th some r1bb1t th If used to belong to Yes, you guessed it, David Noble' VVe hope this expose w1ll not mar relations between the two families involved Both Captain Pratt s hockey squad and the basketball team of co captains Schroeder and Demos saw respectable seasons but our Form s m un tzlent xx is not in shooting baskets or go 1ls but in shooting the breeze, is shown by our undefe lted 1nd unscored upon 1lldec1s1ons being un lll1I'TlOLlSD deb 1t1ng te lm Under the le ldership ofPres1dent Gardner and Vice President H 1ml1n we further humiliated St M 1rk s by demonstr 1t1ng th lt, lf le 1st for the time be1ng, we were their intellectual superiors as well The winter term was brought to a fitting climax as seventeen Sixth Formers reported to the Infirmary in four days A few of them had measles, but most were suffering from battle fatigue, better known as overwork1t1s liz 2 L . . . 7- V . . . D N. ' D v C I ' X 2 2 2 2 2 ', ' 1 ' ' s . N 1 ,1 1 , x, A u L K , , L n ' 2 ' 2 , ,2 x 2 A :A I NL . 2 ' . ' 2 2 ' . 2 2 ' ' ' ', ' f ' , 2 2 . . ,, . ,, . . C Q ' D . 2 2 . . 2 - . 1 1 1 1 1 , an exclusive interview with this re vorter Mr. Gett rave us 11 red hot scoo 3 v 1 ' ' '2 . 2 . 2 2 2 2 . , ' 1 ' I 2 2 '2 X ' ' 2 2 , . . ,, I . . I . I ,, . . L C l I I ' C u . , . , . 2 2 , ' 2 2 'z ' . ' 2 ' 2 , ' ' 1 1 ' 2 2 C2 ' ' ' 2 ' . 2 ' 2 . 2 ' ' ' 2 ' - ' 2 ' , ' . r 2 ' 2 ' 2 2 2 ' C l U L L v ' - 7 , cc - ' n K 0 8 l THE GROTONIAN Most of the sprmq term was devoted to the Complex m 1ch1nery of gCtKlllQ' lnto eollege Sever 11 boys undecided as to whether to 1ttend X 1le or H 1rv11cl, found no help 1t 111 IH the CO1'lf1I'llIll mslstenee of 0111 eollevfe 11 Nl Poster, that the dltlelenee between Ylle llltl H1rv1rd w lS the Llll'l'ClLI1Lt. be tween 1 eollege 1nd1n lntelleetu 11 mst1t11t1on Un the 1 er1feofQr1d11.1t1on, there 1I'CPlOSPCLlfbOlSIT1llllLllI1lOl1SflllS sum mer rn D IX ton 01110, Rome It1l1 , .1ndT1ju1n1 XILXIQO 1111818 not men H 1 VISLT, 1 tloned to hr 111, but r 1ther to polnt up the extreme LllVLlSllfy of t1ste llltl I son 1l1t1 unong members ofthe 1401111 Reeentlx ue r U1 ILIUSS 1 vers LllSfllYlJ mg st 1n1 1 1Il 1716 Gmton 661100Z S0710 Book 11 hleh runs lb follows Some come from Boston .1nd some from Nlew X ork -Ks much two extremes 15 1re C11111 1nd Cork l1ll6lL 1re thln ones 1nd ht ones 1nd short ones 1nd t 111 We sxneerely hope th If sueh 1 se1rr1ng Ol-1I1L11N1LlLl lllSIll h lb not lmef llle!1 the Slxth lform of nmeteen fifty five C-1+ 'twy..'1 , 1 Va' zz' ' 12 ' ' z' ' ' Pea . '. Q KN 1 I I . . ' 1 ' 1 2 2 2 2 LK1 I I - ' I 'A 1- 71 1 It 1 ly, 1 v ti- w 1 . w ' . Y' . S . . . . . ,, ia, H 1 . ' L - - 1 'S 1 ., ' S 'CS - aj , 1' , Nz 2,1 1- ' ly 1 ' 'D A ei ' if 'z Ner- ' a z 1'. ' 1 - A ' ' A sf 'v 2 i ' 1 r r V 1 . 1 , . ' 1 1 1 1 1 ' '. 'e 1 ' z -2 ' 1 1 1 , But they speedily change to Grotoninns ull. V s'. 'I A Z ' 2 ' W2 . I I 7. l .Nw 2 1 H.: 1 - , Q .1 '- f 151 1 15-1 .. .My 1, 1 :A ,3,1-- 11? - 2-iii' ffl 'iz 11511 :j' .27 Z Tennls UR sprmg KCIIHIS w.1s blessed YV1tl'l .1 warm and sunny M 1y 111d the co11rts were put 1I1fO sh 1pe at an early date The squad wh1ch started xx 1tl1 C 1pt 1111 Ourusofl, Ton1 B111gl1'1m Hamlln ind F1eld 15 .1 veter1n nucleus xx 1S exp 1ndcd h1st by tl1e lCldlf1OI1 of sucl1 useful pl 1y1ers lb Quxler U1111111 Nl Sccl1rxx1clc,deBresson 111d P Trask from the Flfth FOI 111 1nd the11 swelled by thc 1111K 1l ofDex1e11s, T -Xd1ms, Shefheld 111d Schroeder from the b.1seb1ll squ 1d qhcfheld pro111ptly l11d cl 11111 to t1tle of Top Shoveler 111d Net Xlend l xt1 1o1 cllll x llltl f31d1111s p1 oved to be 1 dy111 1111o bel1111d the s1x l1u11 d1 cd pound fOllCl -Xll members ofthe squad worked zc 1l0LlSlX to 1111 p1 ove the11 11 1111es 1nd to cl1n1b up the ladder On lNl1y 4 we pl 1y1ed 1 good Mlddlesex team 1nd lost, Q I Ourusoff s tr1 umph lfll1L 11u111bero11epos1t1o11 w .1s our OI1lX w1n, b11t I B11111l11111, Quyler H 1111l111 lI1ClSQl1IOCllCI c 1rr1ed tl1e1r opponents to three sets ll1e doublcs were 1IlL0llLlllSlX e, pl IX bemg left unfimshed 1t 1 set 1p1ece 111 111ost e1ses so th It we could return to qchool for supper C311 M11 'o wc soundly tro1111ced Browne c, N1chols, c111ht m lfCllCS to 0116, lllkl o11 thc twenty sex1enth,re1nforced by H Scott, l 111 b111 I1 D1bbl1.c,H.11tz, lllll D11l fthe l1st of wl1o1n had m1r11culouslx1 recox1e1ed from 111 c11counte1 w1tl1 1 w111doxvp111e tl11t resulted 111 th11 tx FIVE st1tches 111 lllS r 1clcct ll n1 e All unusu 1lly SUOIILI St Mark s te 1n1 he If us, seve11 l11lfLllCS to hvc, the next d 1y D111 H 1rt1 111d Q Clark wo11 sxngles pomts, .111d Scott 111cl D1 ll 1nd Ll 1111 1nd lxeyes took doubles encounters Olll h111l 111 ltkll w1th lhllltOIl on u11e I proved 1deb1cle Mllton h ill. pl 1yed 1 long schedule 1g 1ll1Sf top notch oppo11e11ts xx1tl1 1 w ell b 1l111ced te 1111 1nd 1l1cf111lvm1tcl1cs xxc xx Cl e 1hle to w1n w1ere tl'lCI1LlIT1lJCIS sex c11 1l1ClCILfl1l' Slll lcs t llxCI1 bv Dcx ens 1nd l' 11rbur11 D1al rn SlI1Q,'lCS, 'md DJ 11 111d Ourusofl Ill doublcs E1 IX c Ill vccellent 1LCOLll1l ofthemselves 1S,I1ll1St strong opponents lhough unsucccssful 1g11nst St Nl 11k s llld lVl1lton s xetcr111 tc1111s, we l1 1x1c no c MISC to 1e111et 1 se 1son 111 wh1cl1111111x boy1s pl 1yed l1 11d for POQIUOIIS on tl1e tc 1111 Ill w l11cl1 COI1S1ClC1 1lJlC 1mprove111ent xv 19 1ec11ste1ed throughout thc sc ISOU lllll Ill w l11cl1 C 1pt 1111 Ourusoll' D11lf111d T B111qh1m set c1c1111ples ol c11th11s1 18111 ll1ClSIWOIfQl'I11l1Slllp xx l11cl1 w e1e hc II t xx ll 1111113 to the co 1cl1 111d othc1s who s UN tl1e1r m ltches RICHARD IX IRONS l14 . . 1 . 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' Y 1 ,, 21 J .1 1 5 1 3. 1 11- ez' 'B 1 1 ' 1 3 l Baseball T times one finds it most dlfiicult to-lump on the Good Ship H tppy Sp! mfr time despite the flct th it this h is been 1 most eventful term W c snould feel el lted b lseb 111 wise in th If we were blessed w1th so much f 1VOI'1T'lQ,' we ith er LX lot of b lseb Ill w is pl lyed on every level md even Groton s ull pun po c g1lT1CUl.5flLlx b ill put in 1 very e lrly ippe u lnce in M ly W e sensed rh it Bill Stewart ind his la nghsh High boys W inted to lf0I1Ll-OI then 1954 whitew tshxnff when they pounced on us with three runs in the hrst inning of the -Xpril ix, opener Q npt un If urburn tried to keep in the running with 1 four for four effort, but our shoddy fielding w is ni unly responsiblc for our 7 7 setb iclc On April I6 we lost our second gime, this time to 1 sul prised Belmont Hill te lm, 4 Our costly error ind fulure to h1t1n the clutch were disappointing aspects of this glm lt Belmont, ftlthouvh centei fielder Governor Dummer s expense YVe hterilly and figurltively stole the gime from this eflrly season green te lm Hugh Scott stole home for our hrst run 1nd from then on we played the opportunlst game, winning IO 3 For the third strfught Utme Fifth Formers Hopkins and Fd1SOH sh 1red the mound dutles, shortstop Scott s three run double 'md first b isem in Mosle s three hits were our chief offenslve bursts On April 28 Hopkins continued hls m lstelv over Llwrence Academy in a K, I win, in a one hour 'md forty minute g lme Wve pushed icross three runs in the first lfllllllg, highlighted by Blring Gould s tremendous triple ind grlmly held on to protect the le 1d Our next home opponent wls Brooks, who Went down to 1 convincing IO J defeit Our xtt lck w IS led by Hopkins md Scott, elch of whom collected three hits A strong Middlesex team left Groton on the short end of 1 9 7 score Both teams were up for the big game ind Groton h1d enough ch lnces to g trner its fourth consecutive win, but Middlesex made more hits and were less ch ir itable as far 'ts walks and errors Went Captain Fairburn and Barlng Gould featured the hitting department w1th three h1ts apiece On Mly 4 we all but blew Browne 553 Nichols off the map, taking a I4 o dec1s1on in which fif teen players participated Falrburn and right fielder Clrmody each had three hits, followed closely by B'lI'lI1g Gould cmd Faison who collected two apiece The tr1p to Roxbury Latin on May 7 produced the usual circus This time we staggered through a I3 7 victory in the twenty run, thirty hit I'll l.I'1 I I 1 V . ' 3- s z 1 ' 1 1 . de J' 1 N 1 1 v 1 T , w I Tl 4 x . A 1 . L 4 L L , 4 - se 1 ' ' ' ' 1 ' 1 1 z 1 'z ' ' f 1 . ' - , ' . N ' 1 y w w ' , w ' , ' . . .. g, S g . . . . . S E ' -.. . 2 '. ' gz ' 'N ' 1 '- ' ' 2 -2. 1 1' ' ' L S S g 1 e z L D' - Baring-Gould made three resounding h1ts. Our hrst victory was achieved at ' . ' ' . L ' z , L 7- L , g 2 . I A Q ' 1 S N J. D -k. . N 7. DZ . 7. l 1' . H 2 A ' ' ' 1 z 1 S' 'X ' 1 L . ' G- ' I 4 ' 1 , Z . . . .T . Z , - , o n x Y . , z z . 1 2 ' D -' 1 . V ' 3 2 - t . 1 KC Y! ' 1 Q 1 c L L ,D L ' 2 . g . . . . l 3 Z - . ' c . 1 . I. L . - I . . D . . . I 2 . . u . I .D Z L . C . - S . Y . 6 . . - . A . t L- 35 l THE GROTONIAN thon Scott C41 Barmg Gould QD Falrburn Czj Mosle Cal Hopkms Cal Clark C25 Bmgham CID and Polk CID accounted for our seventeen Chl h sea son s totalj h1ts At one t1me we led I2 o Then the return game w1th Law rence Academy found Hopklns 1n charge as usual but the game was a tlght one all the way Not untll Scott unloaded a lxne drxve home run to left 1n the e1ghth 1nn1ng d1d we breathe freely After belng ralned out of last year s Nlxlton game we were ready for the fourteenth reunion day game on our own field W hen M1lton rolled up a 6 I lead 1n the first three lHH1HgS we began to look at each other Fortunately for Groton Scott looked at the ball Whe 1 the smoke had cleared Scott s b at and Hopkxns arm gave us a satlsftctory IO 7 vxttory Scott knocked IH elght runs w1th two home runs and 1 double whlle Hopkms took over from If uson m the slxth and pr 1ct1c ally s1lenced M1lton Some people h we Sdld th at tll1S M1lton Wm was our UHKTOIIIE it any rate we lost the last three games 1n a rather dlsappomtxng fashxon On May 16 the -Xlumnx gleefully and soundly wh1tewashed us I2 o wxth erry Dw1ght g1V m up but two hlts and hls teammates beltmg most everyth1ng thrown their way Then on M ay 20 we lost a dlsheartenmg 2 O game to Nobles for vw hat could and should have been a fruxtful trlp Hopkmns five h1tter should hax e been enough to wxn any game but some loose support 1n the mfaeld at cruc1al tlmes gave St M lrk S1tS four runs whlle We could only sc are up three VS ejust d1dn t h we the necessary po1se afield and everybody knows that that lb 1pI'CI'Cql1lS1fClI'1 a close g lme Captain F urburn and Capt un elect Hopklns deserved x better fate So It goes In retrospect thls W is U1 excellent squad to work wxth Wholly cooperatlve ea er to learn xndjust pl un fun to coach In Captam Falrburn and M anager -Xuchlncloss the squad had one of the best sport combmes IH a gre If many years and Mr VV augh agam was a tower of strength on and oHf the mound That Sxxth Formers Fa1rburn and Barmg Gould were the only two St Mark s st arters augurs well for the future and If IS wlth great pr1de that I c an report that the other Slxth Form squad members fBentley Demos D1al Hartz and letter rec1p1ent Pratt gave much to the Splrlt of the team and were able to pl ay a fa1r share of the games And now to the club baseball seasons On all three clubs there was 1 lot of compet1t1ve pl aylng wrth Mr Abry s Fxrst VVachusetts Cwh1ch guned mo lI6l ' J ' 9 9 J -' 9 L Y , . .g - , . . . I ' 1 C - A . . , L . C . . . . . L , ' , . . . . ' ' J 'z 1 . . , . . . x Y 1 , 1 - , 1 1 1 ' 1 C C , L I L C .x Y. . .Y , L L . Y. . . I 2 . I . . g 1 I. 2 . . . ' . T42 L I J 2 I . 6 L . . . T ' . . A ' ' J ' 9 J ' t 1. z ' ' - z . XYith a seven won and flve lost record behind us, we travelled to St. Mark's 7 C 6 ' . . i . , . I 7 Y . l . . L C 1 K L n Y . ' l - ' , K C C , s L L .Nl . . . ' 1 ' K . 2. L I 2. - Y. 1 . . ' Y . , ' z z ' : . , L g . ,L 1' L . ' ' ' . 1 . f ' ,z . 2 2 Q 2 . . . . , L C ' a L 2 ' , . . . 1 . 1 Z f A L J J - J J 2 ' . . z . , . . - 8 THE GROTONIAN mentum mfnnly on the strong pltching arm ofSecond Former B Fr1nc1s llld Mr f1br1sk1e s Second Monfidnocks fightlng teim wlnnlnv their respectxve se 1sons Mr D 1v1son s Flrst Monidnocks 1nd Mr orgensen s Second XX 1ehusetts 011118 m 1ster h IS now co1ched 1t every level in the Schoolj offered stlifeompetltxon hs usu 11, the Third Clubs, under Messrs llnk Murr 1y 1nd Booth, 11 1d their li 1nds full Runs come ln clusters in th It 1ClgL1C -X11 un the e luse ofelub b 1seb L11 vw 15 gre lfly enh mced by the LIIDPIFIIUT of Messrs Noble, YN 1ekens, md YY rlght, 1nd by our own m IH 1ger1 11 st 111 he 1ded by Senior l re feet lxenny -Xuehxneloss 1nd P G G1rdner M 1ny th 1nks How ibout 1 bonfire, soon? FRPWKO BRIFN 21 Crew HF 1955 crew se 1son, the cofich thought would be devoted to lJL1lld1I1'T for the future, for this wf1s the llghtest, youngest, 1nd le 1st experienced squid 1n sever 11 ye 1rs, w1th only three veterfm oirsmen md only foul Sixth Vlugh IH knows from the wlter up, 1nd before the coach co11ld s ly Peter Higginson, the buildlng w IS over, the future w is upon him, 1nd he w is h mded re 1dy m1de one of the finest 1nd f1stest Groton erews of recent ye 1rs A Bo It h 1d Wxlh 1ms If bow C1pt11n Vaughan it two, F Ll1rk It three P Higginson lt stroke, 1nd w IS co'ced by Tr 1sk They st1rted so f1st th it on April thirtleth lf took them only 3 41 to g1ther in five Exeter S111I'fS, the New H 1UllJ51llI'C crew w IS 1 length 1nd 1 h 1lf behind On M 1y seventh, on 1 much slower N 1shu 1 River, their t1me wamst Middlesex was 3 51 ind then m1rg1n of victory two 1nd 1 half lengths The following week they cr111sed over the Ch 1rles River course 1nto a head wind in 4 7 to defe1t Belmont H111 by four seconds, rowing powerfully it 21 low stroke for the bodw ofthe r 1ce but showlng no re'1l sprint at the end That should hive been 1 W'lI'I11Hg but the Brooks r 1ce was scheduled for the following Fr1d21y 1nd even 1f the w1rn1ng hid been heeded there w1s no time for an extra pr21ct1ce course At North Andover on Mfzy twentieth ik Boat 1g11n rowed powerfully, cover ing the 94 mile course in 4 II in a cross wind The Brooks first crew 1lso took 117 L. Y . . I 1 . DL y , . . , , . . . . . I . 42 Y L V V c D Q A . . ' f ' , J 1 - , , L s n I L C L u 12 ' 3 ' 2 2 2 2 ' 3 ' ' ' ' . 1 . . 2 ' . rf ', 2 2 ,2 2 5 2 ' . ' ' 2 2 . . gf 2 '2 3 ' :U 2 '2' 2 ' 2 g -.5 1 e l Q K L K C 1 K L ' A ' V ' . 1 ' ' 2 . . 2 . ' 2 2 ' . ' 2 2 . Y . 2 . J . ,A 1 c , 1 I 5 . L . 1 2 . 4 I 2 2 1 L 1. 2 ' 1 Formers. Then C21pt21in V21llg11Z1H took charge. Building boats is something 21 2 2 ' ' 2 2 , ' ' 2 A - ' ' ' ' 2 2 ' 2 2. 2 2 - 2 2 2 ' ' 22 . ,. . . , 7 2 2 2 2 , 2 2 ' ' 2 2 2 , 1. ' gl S 2 ' ' 2 2 . 2 '. 2 J 23 2 , . . . . Z 2 . ,Y . 2 ' ' 2 2 B 2 2 2 ' . 1 2 2 H N V 2 H 1 . . . so . . v z L .- 2 ' ' 2 2 . D ' ' 'f A 2 ' ' ' ' :2 A 2 1 1 1 ' Y 27 1 2 2 'I c i . 2 2 c ' 5 2 ' ' ' ' , 2 ' 2 I L L 1 ' . . c i . 2 c 1 - . - . . : . . I Z V 3 1 THE GROTONIAN 4 II but s1x mches of the1r bow crossed the finlsh llne ahead of Groton s No apolog1es are needed for loslng to Brooks the black and green had 1 fine crew and rowed 1 fine r ice Moreover they dld us a good tux n they swept IW xy the accumul lted burden oftoo m my VICKOTICS Thenext week the Groton A Bo xt could be themselves md not 1 legxcy from 1954 I'hey found 151111 the lxvellness they had had ID the early season they put wrth xt the power that weeks of pr 1ct1ce had developed they 1mproved the1r bladework and tlmlng On May twenty elghth just before the F1rst Crew race w1th Nobles the cox s father vmtchlng Groton practlce a start wh1spered1n awe They re Hymgl They were lndeed At the word Row' they took ofl at a 44 strokes 1 mmute cllp and 1n no tlme h ld open vw lter on the blue boat In the mlddle of the course 13 the head wlnd freshened they dropped the stroke to 1 X2 but contmued to 1ncre lse the1r lead holdmg 1 two length xdvantx e xt the half mxle mark Then they showed the1r greatness Into a head w1nd mth the perfect the bladework crxsp Groton drew rap1dly away from the Nobles boat and crossed the Hmsh lme rn 4 I I, three and a h llflengths 1n front the l lrgest margm of vxctory IH thls coach s elght ye 1rs ofpushmg stopwatches That day A Boat wls unbeatable B Boat CBakewell bow Lambert two H Rlch lrds three J Hrgglnson stroke Waterston coxj was unbeatable throughout the season as they have been for nearly s1x years In the practxce race wlth Exeter they completed the Nashua course rn 3 46 to Exeter s 3 52 agalnst Mxddlesex the1r time was 3 54 5 to the1r rlvals 4 OI Thelr opponents on the Charles were four out bo 1rds and a he ld wlnd they surrendered to the outboards stopped row mg a few tlmes to ball out and then paddled on to the Hmsh coverms, the course or more lccurately bemg covered by lf 1n 4 52 Belmont Hull the1r nommal rlvals were two lengths astern At Brooks B Boat s txme 4 o8 5 was the fastest of the day, for they had a brxsk followmg wlnd vshlch later veered around the Brooks crew was a scant length back rn 4 II The final race at Nobles was hardly a contest they were pltted agalnst the slowest of the three Nobles boats and turned ln a handy five length vlctory 1n 4 I9 The B Boat record IS now so fabulous that If IS almost a bore to repeat It they have won twenty three consecutlve scheduled races over the past sxx years and have completed five consecutzve undefeated seasons IIS . . . . . . , . , . Q L c z 1 . , ' ' : 1 L 1 1 1 . ' 1 1: ' ' L L L g ' z 5 L L ' 1 - 3 ' 3 Y ' ' ' ' KC Y , , . , L , L . ' I! ' ff 71 ' ' 7 1 - ' ' L ' ' 1 'L ' . ' , , 1. L , ' z 4 s ' ' 1 ' , ' z - 1 ' 1 g 1 C ' U I , Y race already well in hand, they raised the stroke, to 34, to 36. The timing was , ' 5 L : 2 N , 2 C g C I I 1 I C 2 L . ' , 'Q L s - ' 2 L 4 - ' ' , 5 I t I L . 3 C Q . . , . . , . z L z ' g , - . , , . J 4 3 2 C Y D : ' J I ' I J I . , ' c ' l g ' : . L , , L g 1 L 3 l THE GROTGNIAN C Bo1t Cbow to cox VVh1te, Landon, Coolxdge Pirker, BICOHD pl 1y ed ln lmport 1nt p 1rt ln thls se 1son s successes, we eould not h 1ve posted our Ill tlmc reeord of 51X consecutlve sweeps wlthout the1r l1elp They were 1 e1ew th1t h1d thexr sh 1re of b11d luck 1nd good fun bad luck to lllVC to row hxeter wxth only ten mmutes of pr11ct1ce together even so, they were only eleven seconds beh1nd IH 4 og good fun to turn wh It on April thlrtleth looked llke 1 Ches1pe1ke Bay flshlng sm1ek mto 1 r1e1ng crew th 1t be1t Mlddleseyc by 1IenffthC4 03D Belmont Hlll by four lengths C4 39 lllel Brooks by two lengths C4 185 Llke 111 good crews, they s11vedthe1r best perform 1nce for the 11st, lOSll1YT by only two feet to the second fistest of the three Nobles erews md eh 1lk1ng up 1 t1me 4 '41 only hve seconds slower th in B Bo It s lfour Sllxfll Formers mlde the 1955 crew thelr own C, lpfllll Y 1LlLfll 111 1 m1n of few but tellmg words, led hls crew wlthout pushmff it xround llc hxmsell dld wh lt he winted others to do went to bed elrly worked h 1rd rowed well, he w1s 1 cheerful loser, a generous wmner, 1 good c1pt1m I4 Hxggmson h 1d two1m11ges 1n h1s mmd One needs no descrlptlon, he pursued 1flOf1g'lf'1gly 1n song 'md dance, and Hnally caught up wlth lt on M 1y twenty first The other w IS the lm lge ofwhat a good stroke should be st1ong,l1vely level he 1ded, msp1r1t1ng, on It he patterned hlmselfuntll he w I9 th If lm ge W xlll 1ms, 1 be 1ut1fully coordm lted of1rsm in whose form W IS ne 1r perfeet1on h 1d dredged the r1ver bottom so thoroughly l1st se 1son th lt th1s ye lr he w lS s 1t1sfied to keep hns blide ne 1rer the surf1ce He 1lso le lrned, perh 1ps from hls e 1rs, eorreet t1m1ng, 1nd dlscovered th It he eould gener 1teh1s own power wlthout 1 Wlndmlll B 1kewell brought to B Bo It 1n envmble record of elub Crew v1ctor1es whlch he proceeded to extend Most oirsmen 1re content to pull thelr own welght but Bakewell pulled hxs and the cox s too F1rst m 111 across the lllle 1n every rice, he brought the whole crew wlth hum 1nd h1s f1m1ly who w ere lmong our most loy al rooters, bl ought good luck to the bo 1ts 1nd good splrxts to the coich Of the other letter men, Coxsw un Tmsk deserves first ment1on Phe only vetemn ofl1st ye 1r s A Bo1t, he knew from the st 1rt where thls ye ll s crew w lS gomff md, by keepmg them he 1ded str ught helped to t lkC them there F Cl1rl1, w hose p11ddles even ln pr 1ct1ce were so enormous th It they h 1ve perm mently undermlned sectlons ofthe r1ver bfmk, dlscovered th If 1bsol11te power c 1n be 1 corrupt1ng force unless properly '1ppl1ed He learned to 1pply lI9 , . , , ., . C I , L C L L . . . , 1 I, x L k C l - ,. s ' v 1 1. l I 1 1 1 ' '1 : ' 1 C 1 : jg 1 1 1 1 1' 11' 1 1' ' 1 1 LA 1 D I , si x I 1 x , , . 1 1 , . g 1 . . . , 1. 1 1 .11 1 1 1. . . . , . , . 1 . 1 1 1 E 1 ,1 L 1 1 . 2 11 g . I I I I. , C , . . , ,, ,,. , . . , , 1 . 1 ' 1 - , . , I I L I Y, ' K Lx K Ll n e C- x C C L L C I K , 1 T 1 1 1 1 1 1: 1 1 1 1 1 . 1 1 1 l,1 .2 1 2 2 - 2 . 1 . 1 1 1 1 ' 1 . 1 1 ' . v . . , .N , . 1 1 1 ,1 1 , 2 , . .1 3 CL 1 1 1 . . 1. 1 S C 0 Y ' Y L C C 1 C K 1 131 1 11 , 1 Jn K x 5 L x K I. 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 . ' 1 THE GROTONIAN If rlght Capt un elect H1gg1HSOH the B Boat stroke learned how to handle 111 oar mstead of a rudder and got good pr 1ct1ce 1n keepmg h1s boat out IH front He w is well b 1cked up by H Rlchards whose slow hobble to and from the rlver belled h1s speed ln 1 shell md by Lambert who went about h1s work so s1lently that only the gurgle of h1s puddle told he was rn the boat These three w1ll be back next year but YVaterston the cox who moved more water IH practlce than any mere o irsman has steered h1sl1st race unless he swallows a hel1um cartr1dge If next year s crew shows power they w1ll owe It to the muscles they developed thxs sprmg dragg1ng the hfury monster around yet not one of them would say he was not worth h1S wel ht IH gold oars Club rowlng Hour1shed 1n 1955 The good work and good Splflf ofS1xth Formers Burnett Cushlng De Bayle Emblrlcos Emery Ives Kerr Schxeffelm and van Rouen were 1n part respons1ble To hzve so many Slxth Formers contmue to row from sheer love of the sport speaks well for Groton rowlng 'Some of them w1ll undoubtedly find pl lces for themselves on college crews as by Mr Rlmmer staged three see saw rxces whlch the VX lchusetts won Mr N tsh s Hrst club e1ghtsl1kew1sed1v1ded thelr first two r tces but the Mon ldnock e1ght won the decldlng contest On the second clubs xt was VVachusett tll the w 1y Mr H 1wkes crews made up l1rgelyofTh1rd Formers rowed w1th Splflf and style The th1rd clubs sxxteen strong tubbed Cl hted sank swam rowed and raced wrth enthus1asm coached coxed and counseled by Messrs Moss Young 1nd Booth they learned much about the best of sports Managenally speakmg thls was a banner year L Barnes and Taylor ran thelr vast estabhshment so elhclently that Mr Hardcastle found some spare moments to work on h1s own boat after repa1r1ng the engmes gluem the checks transportlng the shells tylng the knots remaklng the tubs sawxng new fins varnlshlng boats mstructlng the heelers and managmg the managers JAMES B SATTERTHWAITE lI9Ol . . h 1 2. - x . . , C , I 2 L . T 2 i .N . . T . C . . 1 1 ' . ' . , ' I . . . . L , 2 L , Y . 1 I f 1 5 D 3 z , 1 . . , . . ' 3 f 5 . .g . L l 3 ,J 1 a 9 J 1 c . 2 1 ' . ' 1 Y , . ' have many club oarsmen in the past. In the club races, the hrst fours, coached . ' , . M - . 2 ' f 'z ' . . . L , . , xi u 1 n 1 'z 4 . z , . . , ' ' 9 - 3 9 g J 9 - ' 1 1 . 5 ' Y ' 3 z , . I , , . C r I u C 1 . . . n C I V J g D 7 D I 3 C , , I SCHOOL X NGTES I A UNE IO' We of next year s bo1rd h1ve not1ced th1t the mere sound of une IO sends long reverberat1ng echoes 1n the mxnd of the Groton specxes As 1f the words had been softly dropped down 1 deep well, md de scendlnff deep down to some opaque w1ters h 1d suddenly set offa serres of pe xl mg repercussxons, 1nd finally returned d1storted w1th thoughts of summer lumess, 1nd he1t, and glrls, and the se1 1nd travels, md Our psycho log1c1l prob1ng1nto the n1ture of th1s des1re character1st1c of the normal xdo lescent 1t Groton School has resulted 1n the observance of 1 CUFIOUS pheno menon W e h1ve not1ced that wh1le there IS an app1rent cr1v1ng 111 most boys to dep 1rt mth greatest h1ste from the prem1ses, there seems to be, on the p lrt ofm1sters, 1 complete mdrfference to the thought ofdep1rture Perplexed by wh 1t m ly seem to the layman to be a relat1vely slmple problem, we h1ve m1de extens1ve rese lrch IH th1s Held of ped1gog1c1l aberrat1ons More and more as we progressed IH our 1ntrospect1ve 1nqu1r1es, we re1l1zed that we were not deahng w1th the mere norms 1nd pattern of the average m1n but, '1S1t were, w1th 1 race apart Obvlously the pedagog1c1l1tch1s an extreme case of F lther worsh1p wh1ch man1fests1tself1n the urge to 1m1tate the frther by pl1y1ng h1s role wx zz vzs the schoolboy plus an acute overemph.1s1s of 1 belongxng to the herd complex that does not 1llow room for sohtude, md whlch IS obvrously evxdent 1n the lack of enthusl xsm for leav1ng 1nstruct1on1l 1nst1tut1ons for the lonely road ofhfe Hence We see th1t the boy, 1s 1 r 1C11l 1dent1tx ,IS JL bless1ng to the m1ster, as a race, th1t the boy shows unl1m1t ed brotherly love IU offermg h1mselfas a cure for that race s collect1ve neuros1s, and that the boy IS the real pedant, s1nce1t1s1n h1s example that the m1ster learns to l1ve VS hen one mormng at the breakfast table one of our members told us of 1 dream that had occurred to h1m durmg the prev1ous n1ght ofstrange sh1des walkmg lonely corrldors IH stealthy s1lence, we had no d1H:1culty1n d1scern1ng th1t here w1s a case where the master had 1nsp1red such unconscxous p1ty th1t It pursued the boy s consc1ence even 1n hlS sleep And now we c1n not help but 1mag1ne Groton School after une IO long empty halls w1th de1d l191l r A x T 7 ' . 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