Holderness School - Dial Yearbook (Holderness, NH)

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Q ROGER PERHAPS better known as The Count does not take part in a wide variety of extra curricular lields But in those he does try he really goes to town His nickname arises from his passion for the strains of lower Basin Street and who him during one of his performances on the restless ivories' Occasionally when tired of thumping it out on the piano he deigns to try a hot lick on his trumpet But let it not be said that Rog is only a Jive hound Far from lt' He was cap tain of a football team that made history wxth its team spirit All the members of thts years team felt that if they didnt do their best they were letting him down We will ever remem ber Rog for his gemahty his leadership when leadership was needed and the fact that he always came through in a pinch ROGER LIONEL FOSS Count, Fossil, Rog Without music life would be a mistake. --Nietzsche 123 Wibird Street. Portsmouth, N. H Born at Portsmouth, N, H., June 7, 1924 Tardiness Committee '42. English Dramatics '39 Foot ball il'lJ '41, '42, Captain '4Z. Baseball '40, Entered Holderness 1939. College undecided 54: gif g il ? 1.5.1 can forget the stamping crowds of eager devotees who surround

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You know I cannot tell cr Ire I dad cut it with 221 Umon Avenue S E Grand Rapnds Mtch Born at Grand Rapids Mch A gust ll 1923 It 'x A DANCING shuffle accompanied by a shrtlltng E flat ver snon of l xttle Bo Peep at 6 50 A M has become a more regu lar occurrence to the upper reglons of the senxor Dorm than Bug Btn s soundxng has to Parllament We mustnt however judge other two majors choo choos lany and all? along wuth fave or sux dozen oysters dependlng on hrs current tinanclal status would baffle even the most learned psychologxst Speakmg wnh more truth than poetry though we flnd tn our only son of Mlchlgan much true virtue wrth whtch he ns much too modest and generous H P rs perhaps the most diligent member of our class whether ll s helpnng a fellow member ln studies or dtusnng a new sk: tratl Phll ts hlmself an enthusl ast oxer the manly art of two boards and a pxllow Though he hasnt been one of the Saturday ntght frequenters of the State 'Ieachers College H P has about hum un rerlum ft nc sats pus quo: that has gained for htm much favor at a certam nearby gurls school ln fact were the extent of thas favor known he would surely recene Ghrxstmas cards from underformers for the next Exe years Vvould that we all could combnne work wuth play nn such a manner ln such an agreeable and accomplxshtng manner Jill Z' 1s:a.TV?a - Jil -n..k..r- N, ' 27' L v ' H. Pfs extra-curricular interests solely as nursery rhymes. for the v ' A v 1 V . 7 f A rl

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FRANCIS HOWARD GRANT Gump 'WVU makes its own welcome, and levels all distinctions, -Emerson. 31 Carisbrooke Road, Wellesley Hills. Mass. Born at Boston, Mass., May 5, 1924 Tardiness Committee '42, Debating '42. Gilbert and Sullivan '42. Football QHJ '4l. Hockey '4l. Tennis lH ' Z Entered Holderness 1941 Preparing for Bowdoin if BEING A newcomer to the school didnt cramp Gumps style ll On the contrary he began his Holderness career by earning a backfield position with the football armada Just as suddenly this upstanding Wellesleyite crashed into the scholas tic honor ranks and he has remained there consistently Should you be confused by the odd title of Gump suffice it to say that its origin is unknown Gump s pulchritudinous following makes an exacting eprstolatory demand on him He has even been forced to employ private secretaries for reasonable fac simlles thereofl To do this ts daring to get away with it is miraculous Gump has done it Such qualities as these com bined with his other amiable qualities are certain to carry him through the proposed stay along the rock bound coast of Maine it 14. 0.0 JY. , .. . ata. . '