Holderness School - Dial Yearbook (Holderness, NH)

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WILLIAM FREDERICK THAYER, JR. Bill He had .1 good memory and .1 longue hung nz the middle of i!. iNlark Twain. 17 East Girard Boulevard, Kenmore, N. Y. Born at lllion, N. Y., December 23, 1922. Camera Club '39. Football '39, '43 QHQ. Baseball '39 QHJ. '43 lHj, '41 Entered Holderness 1938. Preparing for Dartmouth. 2?-If .1 'av-1 Kr J BIG BILL THAYER has pald nn full the prxce of hxs debauchery durmg Chrxstmas vacatnon ln Chncago After hav mg, heard tales of hxs mght lnfe there nt IS small wonder that he caught pneumoma But even that had xts compensatnons such as Lomg to Florxda to recover As a matter of fact we dxdn t see much of Bnll durmp, the wmter term from all reports he led a good lxfe IR the South Perhaps he saw some of the ball teams 1n spring practice there and plcked up a few polnters At any rate now that baseball xs back at I-Iolderness Bull ns nn his element and we need only ask htm when we desire 'Q' mformatnon on any pomt whatsoever concernmg thus game ll l , and has dnsposmon should endear l-lm successnvely to the Coach 8 the Dean and the student body of that noble mstntutnon -ffl, T1 . 5.1 ir. '-i:.g.:ffl I4 li ' ' ' ' - . 7 . . . Y . . ,' I Q . - , r , ' n ' 4 . - U- I 1 , , I I l - ' I : - 1 ! ' Bull IS preparmg for Dartmouth. H15 athletnc abnhty, has bram, l 's V . . . , 4 . . . L1 , .eg A , y u , V ,lf ,.,. ' ' 27a ' ' f Y La '. I A Q ,, ' f-' ef' I -

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if any X94 ART ONE of the ntwcr rcfugt-es from that institution of hibhcr learning, in Eastern Massachusetts has certainly lost no time in making his mark in life in fact the rcputation of his ever present .mtozr 11170 often goes tht rounds of the higher social circles of tht school and quaint talcs arc told conccrn ini, the casual air of tht diletantc with which he attatl-ts each and cvery problem For who has not seen this suave man about town languorously buttini, in thc faculty living, room and who has not heard vabuv. rumors of that btribboned yet voluminous anthology upon tht gentler su? Of coursc we feel that his most notable athiucmtnt of rettnt datt was the way in which when asked to take over the Job of Editor in Chief of the YEARBOOK he stepped into a position in which he had had no prcvious experlencv. and Within one or two days was working with unprecedented energy and most commendable judgment Here one might well say is a man who has expert enced much and who is destined to lead the fullest of lives ARTHUR SWEENEY IR Art, Swcenor A lover and a lusty bachelor Chaucer 64 Central Street, Andover, Mass Born in Boston, Mass., july 24 1922 Gilbert and Sullivan operetta 1941. Choir 1941 YEAR BOOK Editor. Entered Holderncss 1940. Preparing for Harvard.

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DAVID GORDON THOMAS fKDavc,l, lKTOm,, Ne-ver my more than is 'neces.fary. -Sheridan Born at Elizabeth, N. J., March 22, 1923. Football I V Entered Holderness 1940 Preparnng for Lafayette :gi ig Ref WESTFIELDS CONTRIBUTION to the Holderness master mtnds eomes IH the form of Dave Thomas that human mdex to and reservolr of all knowledge Date IS a verntable quid nune with a proelnvlty toward extravagant qulescence Epx prefers to htde hxs lteht under a bushel leastwlse from the prylne eyes of ama7ed students On the other hand many a master II IS that bows nn shame before hrs fulburous lllte bram and retneenee of nature Among Dawes other attamments hrs way wlth the women 15 no less than a landslxde Woe to the fatr damsel who shall eateh hxs eye for Daves motto ns see em eateh em love em drop em C ' I , ar il ' M93 '-shi , 1 .- ' . -Y ' h - YI V A . ' - . Y - Q , 4 , . I V .3 . .- grammatically stated, Dave is a very brilliant student but 1 5 x - - 7 s x V 1 v- 7 i -x ' x , L I 'x ' i ' 'A' u I - . ' Y ., , , ' I X ry. l ' as , , ,i ,V , ,X ,I , ., , , Y - 857 Mountain Avenue, Westheld, N. J