Groton School - Grotonian Yearbook (Groton, MA)

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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

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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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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