Groton School - Grotonian Yearbook (Groton, MA)

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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

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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

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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 . ' 1. - , 1 1 1 1 1 1 1,,, 1 1 . . 1. .. 1. . . 1 1 . 1 1 1 1 11 1 1 1 1 1. 1 1 1 1 11 1 11. . 1 1 1 - 1 1 1 1 1 1 . . 1. 1 1 1 1 1. 1 1 . 1. 1 11 1 . 1 1 .- 1 .1 1 1 . , 1 1 x ' A 'S ' C 1 1 1 .1 .1 . 1. 1 1 11 11 , 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 -1. . 'X 'Cx s-1 ' yy '. 1 ' 1 S w w v 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 . 1 . 1. . ,,1- -. . . , 1. . . 1.11 ,1 1 1 1 1 1 .1 1 1 , ' Il N Y l! ' ' ' ' - 11 1 .. 1 1 1. . 11 .111 1 1 . 1 1 1 ...r 1 1 11 1 . 11 , , . 1 1 1,1 , 1 1 1 - .11 11 1 1 . 1 1 .1 . .1 . 1 - 1 - 1 -1 1 1 1 1 1 1 . . , 1 . 1 111 1 .1 1, 1 1 , .1 11 1 1 . 11 5 1 1 1 .1 1 1 . . . . 1. . 1 1 1 1 1 11 1 ,1 1 ,. 1 1 . 1 . 1. 1 . 1 K I 1 4 n 1 1 1 . 1 1 1 1.1 1 1 . 1. 1 ,f . . , . . . . 1. . 1 1 1 1 . .1 .1 1 1 1 1 1 1 . 1 1 1 11 L. . , I . Y . Y. . 1 . 1 1 1 . 1 1 3 - 1 D . . . ,N . . 1 1 -1 ,,,1 - L ,,.