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

Page 20 text:

| | | Sa a aes a } h | ee ... . . ...... ee T HS REE DNS AGN DG REAGY?” -B10-O7K eee eee ADOLPH BENEDICT SCHNEIDER, Jr. Senior Red President, 12; Red Secretary, 11; Presi- dent of the Student Assembly, 12; Year Book Board, 11, 12; Glee Club, 9, 10, 11, 12; Player’s Club; AST 12: HIS, friends, is our well-known organizer and chief stage manager. Not to say that stage managing is not constructive and dependent on good or- ganizing; but the stage seemed, to outsiders, always to be a conglomeration of this and that with hammers falling from the loft when pliers weren’t. Yet we will excuse Ben for that since every play was well fitted with scenic attractive- ness, due to his persistence in getting what he is after. But Ben seemed to have it in for the Presidencies. He led the Reds. safely through the year. The Student Assembly was always aware of his presence, since he was the President of that honorable organization also. And, friends, he was the Editor-in-Chief of this Year Book. Not only was Ben the Stage Manager of the Players’ Club, but he was also its President, conducting it through a very successful season and topping off with ‘““The Nervous Wreck,” which was greatly enjoyed by many people. Then, too, Ben was a chemist. Often he and his fellow-chemists produced the most obnoxious odors which travelled obtrusively through the greater part of the School. His persistency was indeed persistent. When Ben has something on his mind nobody has any peace until he gets it off. Often he has been seen storming around from this room to that fiercely waving a paper at all inquirers. When finally he found his victim a quiet calm would settle over him and once more there would be peace and quiet. : Ben seems seldom to make errors, but when he does — Silver goes into hysterics of delight. Often his outbursts can be heard several rooms away. De- spite these errors Ben frequently appears on the Honor Roll. [ sixteen ]

Page 19 text:

er be Rabe De AN Doe GOR TAGY 4. Bi Oke MAURICE PERKINS Senior Gray President, 12; Player’s Club, 12. “PT VERYTHING except potatoes,” is Maurice’s inevitable request when second helpings are offered at lunch. This worthy Senior, who has been at Hawken since time immemorial, topped off his final year by acting as President of the Grays. Perk plays football and baseball, and is a valued assistant in stage-craft and lighting. When the curtain ascends, or a prop falls, or the lights come to an untimely end, that is “Perky.” Maurice hates hats. He has rarely worn one to school; he may be seen on the coldest winter days wending his way hatless through Wade Park, a delapi- dated book bag in one hand. He never takes the street car, as “it takes too long.” He says the hundred-fifth street line is a banana line — the street cars come in bunches! Since the departure of Dick Inglis, Perk has gained the reputation of being the most caustic wit in the school. When he returned from New York, Maurice said that Riverside Drive was the only riverside drive from which he had been able to see the river. That Maurice is an individual may be judged from a glance at his interests. These include western mountains, preferably low, burros, alarm clocks and inter-urbans. When “Perky” leaves the school a character will be gone whom no one can replace. [ fificen ]

Page 21 text:

RAE Te ek Dee Gen YB Oc Kk FRANCIS FRIEDMAN SILVER Senior Red; Year Book Board, 11, 12; Glee Club, 10, 11, 12; Orchestra,.10; Player's Club, 10, 11, 12; Football, 12. ‘©MH,” says one of the readers of this fair Year Book, upon beholding the i X lineaments so inadequately pictured above, “‘the face of a scholar and a gentleman.” “Here,” says a second, “are the features of a philosopher and a poet.”’ Both are right. “All that glitters is not gold,” for quite often it is Silver, you know. His activities on the Year Book Board have long been a source of trial and tribulation to Editor-in-Chief Schneider, and he has been tolerated solely be- cause of his sterling ability as an author. His masterful voice, distinguished air, and inimitable (perhaps it is just as well!) way of acting in the productions of the Players’ Club have long been the envy of the other actors. Francis cavorted about the football field to such good purpose last fall that he was of necessity given a letter. As guard for the Keds he literally terrorized his opponents. They claim it was the face and the expression, but you know how things like that get around. His presence likewise graced the basketball squad to good purpose last winter. In the spring Francis burns up the track, much to the dismay of his opponents, who can not then find it. The Cross-Country Run ex- ercises a fatal attraction for him, and last year he was second by only a small margin. But the athletic field is not the only scene of his activities. He is the energetic chairman of the organization vulgarly known as the ‘Squeeze Em for Lucre”’ committee, which to the sorrow of everybody, has lived up to its name. A member of the Dance Committee, he was in charge of refreshments, and ap- parently discharged his duties well. (Hey! hide that letter of complaint, quick!) In the Glee Club he sings anything from bass to soprano, much to Mr. Brewer’s despair. To appreciate him one must know him; and his friends are legion. [ seventeen |