Groton School - Grotonian Yearbook (Groton, MA)

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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:

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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 .

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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