Groton School - Grotonian Yearbook (Groton, MA)

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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. L fu L x 1 A s VL '11 1'z 1 11 1'.'l 1' J -,1 1'11 'r 'bla 5,1 1'1111: 1 11' NVL, 1' ' 1'1 ' 11' 1 R' if 1' 'U1 ' 'V 1' 2 1 ' S- s Y Z 2 l I un--. - . f I -'I' s 5 CJ4- 4' - 1' .. 7 . 1 I' 1 V' 1 g 1 1 , . .1 , 1 1 1 1? 1, 1 1 b 1 , . fro 1 hird llo 11 Vee ' aft ' tl f l M' ' 5 11 fl lg 1 l 1111-r 1fte1' 111- l 1' 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 gl 1 1111 1'lookz1tthingsj ' l 111' Cl' '1'H,g'1 1 1 11 1 11 1 '1' ' ' 1' 1 l 1 1952. ' 1 1 1 ' 1 'l ', 5 ' 1 11' 1' -1 - , 1 1 1 ' ' F Q ss 1 111' 2

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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

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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 .