Groton School - Grotonian Yearbook (Groton, MA)

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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 .

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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 re 11171110 the '1c1d1c niture of the extinguisher s potion, ol1n 11 19 shocked to notice sever 1l Smill holes 1n his t1ousers the next dq Mr Curry luzghed this oil b11t was somewhat taken aback two d.1ysl1ter 11 l1en H 1n1l111 vw 1lked lIlfO cl 1ss VSCIFIHQ' pints studded w1th holes the S176 of hltv cent p1etes 1nd uccinttly summed up his d1stress with tl1e words Mr Luiry cxcry tl IV the holes 1rewrow1111f Durinfr tl1e w1nter ter111, usu1lly tl1e c 1tcl1 '1llfor extr IL 11rr1c11l ll 1ct11 1t1es, tl1e Form I11dl1ttle to do Certainly the high pO1l1f vs IQ tl1e p1oduct1o11 ofthe ope1ett1 Down 171 Me Iallev, 111 wl11ch Bmghrxm gwe Ill outst111d111ff ptr form IDLE IS the fem 1le le 1d Several ofthe other voc 1111 n1111ded mc111bt1s ot the Form contr1buted complicated h1ll billy gyrfztions IS tl1e comely chorines of tl1e chorus I11 the spring there were only two Second Form Sqll 1d I'l1Cl11lJCI'S C11dne1 llld Rd 1ITlS,l3Ofl1 coxswains on the trew All the others battled IEOUYOII the clubs ll1e 11 1rm weather, it was discovered, brought Mr Houghton ll1f0 his own his charges on the merits of the Republican party fit one p 1rt1cul1rly Ur1ph1c point Ill his pol1t1c'1l1nvect1xe he compared the current Democr'1t1c governor or the stnte to 21 corpulent member of tl1e bovine category or l1 1d furious cl1 1ll1 throwinv blttles vsith Mr Cushing who sniped it h1n1 from his clf1ss 1oo111 two SYOIICS 1bove Memori 1l Du passed well, e1ther bet 1use of OI in spite ofthe tyr 111111c,1l Lieutenint M 1rsh.1ll of the Fourth Pl1too11 1nd the OI lfOIlC1llX1I Sheerm, who trained us ind exhorted us 1SIlWC were 1bout to 1SS1lllf He1rtbre ll. R1d.,e Pr17e Day was celebrated XVlfl1OL1fll1LlClCl1f, except for thel1cttl1at1tpoured1f11n 1nd Mr Gammons expressed concern lest the moisture should fl'1tten our treble voices for the Hfzflelujrzlz C1107 III iet '111 xx e11t as planned, and we soon eagerly depf1rted to the v1r1ous 1nd 1'1r L01 1161 s ofthe W estern Hem1sphere from which we had come UN 2 D C . . L . . , . J up Y l' z . ' ' ' . L Y. . 1 ' ., 1 V 1 V y 4 k T : F 'Z' ' i 1 1 1 ' . ' '- 4 A - ' ' . 1 S w -' N v ' ' 1' , U 1 D X - v, 1 rg 1 I J 1 Y. ,' 1 . . D D. D N 1 1 -t 1 1 x 1 li N 7 .N 4 t . U . 7 . . YL, . Q . 1 V, . . . . 1 3 , - 1 ' 1 A 1 1 . 1 1 ' ' e 1' 1 I . - . C . L Q . ' ' l 1 - pe 1: ' ' lrlis Latin division l1eld fre ue11t outside classes durin Y wl1icl1 l1eeitl1erre1fz1led 3 E D 1 4 si 1 I 1 L 1 .1 :I D 2 .5 N 2 v- 3 1 V ' . L L ' - ' ' 1 . ' 'Q . I' ' sz J ' ' 3 ' 1 ' . 1 ' A 1 z '1 z '. ' ' ' . 2 'N ' z 1:32 1 2 V . U l .4 A . . x. W iz ' '.' 1 . ' l c I i 1 . 7 L 1 ' - ' r un nu i ' Q 5 'uv-k Q bf: