Groton School - Grotonian Yearbook (Groton, MA)

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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 . ' 1 Y - 1 . . , . V N 2 - 2 , H. . ' . ' - - 7 I S b . . .. - . . . 1 . . Cl ' Y ,Y , , ,C , . L ., A 7 1 - -. ' , U 7, ' , ' V' In s n n V 1 n s sf In ' , v .N , it x . . D ,. . , ,, NYY ' V 1 1 , ,gf 2 z ' .. . ,. . ,. Z , . . 1 , . , . 1 Jzz 1' f . 1 . . ' c A ,, , . , 1 . . J , . V ' . , . N v.sv c 1 . 'z 1 ' z 'z 1 1' -.. Z' M L x 'I' . . . . c, . . . V ., , ', .1 , ' .' - '. ,f ,X . - . 3 .. . . . . .t . 1 . - N 7 HI. ,, 7. . Ll 7 C K I, X 5 K . U' . . . ,, , l L K x n Luc ' , , 1 1 2 . t t . .1 I . Q ' V 4 1 . 1 v , . .z' - . H C yi L , f 2 .M 3 1 . .- . . zz 1

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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 - -

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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