Hawken School - Onyx / Red and Gray Yearbook (Gates Mills, OH)

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i is sO al | ah a eet ea Pe a WG uh JOHN WILLARD COULTON Sentor Executive Committee of the Student Assembly, 12;.Player’s Club, 12; Football, 12: D° not be deceived by this angelic visage! It masks a sneering humor and a tongue that has lashed every institution of the modern age. His style is much akin to that of the departed light, Ted Robinson. Yet John is by no means limited to the light and jesting variety of conversation; he is well versed in the ways of the world, and can assume the position of philosopher and guide to his less experienced class-mates. As a line man in football, John chilled his opponents to the marrow. In base- ball John was an unexpected prop to the Red team. No one will ever forget the famous catch which caused a double out on the day of the Faculty game. Serving in the ranks of the Players’ Club John made a top-notch property man, filling that thankless job with great cheerfulness and unfailing depend- ability. To his own emolument he here obtained a thorough knowledge of the ways of the acting profession. His was the invention of the ingenious bowl which was broken literally over — not on — the head of Fred Swetland. His tact in handling actors, begging for their properties hours before their cues were called, . deserves also to be commended. That soothing voice of his has quieted many a . nervous player to composure. John numbers among the exclusive set of two who take Spanish lessons from Mr. Patch. Whether he stars in this is impossible to say, but he delights in | ; spouting apt phrases in that outlandish tongue, and enjoys translating them to the ignorant. Into the accomplishment of these tasks, John put all that he had, not be- ing satisfied until they were well finished. When he goes the School will lose a real worker and helper. [ fourteen |