Groton School - Grotonian Yearbook (Groton, MA)

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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

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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 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 .