Hackley School - Annual Yearbook (Tarrytown, NY)

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1--7' X KSJ THE HACKLEY ANNUAL ,. . 1 i - w , a a N v, 11,-Lg, 1'1'vJ,f.-Z, v -x5'1f' '.-?7:,Lf'.:5f3.'f'f ' B ' '5i5ff f f'-'. 1 ' .- - ' - Y.. Q T C v , . qty ILL BERRI, better known as the man in the iron mask, has been in our midst for many, many years, and is rounding out a long service by departing for a trip around the world as soon as possible, and for as long as possible. It is Bill's boast that he never did a stroke of work in his life, and he is dodging college in order that his record may remain unsullied. Although Bill spends most of his time roaring around in a Chrysler far from the haunts of man CBrooklyn, to be exactj, he has found time to direct the destinies of the Hackley in his capacity as business man- ager, and anyone who can appreciate his artful dodges as manager of soccer will never doubt that he has always had the interests of the school at heart. When Bill's car is out of the running, he can al- ways be found imitating a boa-constrictor or a Walrus in the smoking room, where he consumes other peoples' cigarettes, and keeps us in a constant state of good humor. Bill's main asset is, his large nose, which everyone seems to notice, but that girl he brings up to the games every so often. As may readily be seen by reference to the opposite page, Bill is not exactly our prize student, but by some miracle of fate, and an unusual advertisement to hir. Hague both at the organ and in the choir, he has managed to convince the King that Hackley would lose a picturesque figure if he left. For this reason, perhaps, he has remained with us despite his tendency for quarter-century marks, which he pulls down with remarkable regularity. Be this as it may, it seems to us that the King has kept Bill in spite of him- self fthe King, of coursej, and has come to the same conclusion that we have reached, that Big Bill Berri is a pretty darn good fellow to have around, and one that the school will be sorry to lose. Certainly we wish him all the luck possible in his journeys and afterward, and hope that he'll let us hear from him once in a while. 23

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lq'lu' 4' TT4E l4ACWKLEf' APiNLLAL Q fx 'WWIS I 7 NW , i 1' N 2 ,A 1 , ,meink-w ' f::ff1a.. . 1i'3f77'?PLi-77., .827-3-112.45 V-,.'i,,.'-,y,,3,-.,g..z' ,wi f , ..q- ,,. ,'.,-,-,fl . - 0 1 fr 1 - ' u A. f J. 'ld f 'xr' fp A gi 4. LEXANDER MITCHILLI, CRANE is different. His difference reverts to the fact that he is forever asking ques- tions instead of answering them. Although one expects to be continually responding to incessant queries when one enters school, Alex came with another purpose in mind, i. e,, to ask and learn, and what he learns is none of your business. At any rate, he has stored up quite a bit of book wisdom during his stay at Hackley and uses it beneficially as the nucleus of many an imposing article or poem for both the Harkley and the Dial. Big Al, as he is known to his contemporaries, has, besides his store of book wisdom, a decided aptitude for conversation with the frail sex, In other words, he has a foolproof line. So far he has not divulged the secret of his success, but what do we care when his latent charm helps make the school dances the successes that they always are f?J. More than once one of the Hackley butterflies has deserted the football heroes to converse with Al, who undeniably has a glowing personality. He rides along with moderate accomplish- ment in most of his studies, but comes into his own the moment he is greeted by the sarcastic bombshells of A. T.'s class in English. His own brother states that if Alex were to spend all his time on English, he would soon have even the genius named Warner beg- ging for mercy, which is no idle compliment. As far as we know, Big Al is driving straight toward authorship, and as an early prep- aration for this peculiar ambition, he has decided to honor Amherst with his presence for the next four years. We certainly wish him all possible luck there and in later life. 25