Holderness School - Dial Yearbook (Holderness, NH)

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aslud pcrmlssnon to go to tht lxbmrx and study bxologx dots the harassed proctor realnc thu ht ne bclng tmlttn for a rxdt and when he 19 tonlronted hx D B Best s elaborate tnrgxxersauons and excuses for b mg late ht xx ready tn me u complcttlv I s rnllv mmnzn mt omt people can gtt wmv mth lf thu on tm k enough later ln the xftcrnoon Count Roger crs hm cotene bs the puno ln the xsstmblx hll md htgnns to hold forth But not for long As soon 19 Somebody from Pls mouth tulle up 1nd tomplnns 0 lk must 1 master eomcs und brulas at up -'xx nn, t :rs J tomts urount trt ut t c Hn s r mn uxmout ul .mehr vu mes n t ure 1 Q lor ptrnuemon to Sll x t 1 KILL r0Om Nut ol nurse Om s I It lnsxur mlt of m nuns 11 er L lt xtrun v un 4 r nd L 1 1 uumou mt somt ni ht mmlus vu us onh t In mutt u A Ah yes. some of us plug brzdqe too Q QL Gray House-Facullq hanqout The studzous lqpe fthe prcture was posed of cuurstl The type thai revels ln Collxers funposcdl !?'qe'k Some even study outdoors Ah. Sprma' v w A v I 14 x V' t g p ' I. ti 't . 'ng wh. S ' - - . ' V . ly .I . - ' . , ' garh f ' I' '. ' . ' ' . l wr. ' on, evening Stutlv H ll ' ' . l, ll'- I. thc ull liv mit l I x g to slump out ' l lfng '. ' , A lt ' to W p to thc m.1sI'r in cl. 'v ,ntl .lxk ' ' ' ld' lux l'rcn'l1 x'oc.1lml.1ry in .fl' . Oh,l t 'uc u lx A ' :omg ' ' i .l' Ul'l'llC.1fi .1 loll J. ll g .N vu frit' lri's IO drwp out llc l '. . l '- lin ', ' . ll. Ms ' ollun om' lnxus' 'Nh Cf .' . l wax nwrclx' llXllly: lu gt! .1 lu .ull ol 'ali , .nr. Bc. l I lllflll INHI nf 5 y Q f . Y ' .. .. -my .M ,v T Q Aww tff'fa'wa-tw ' t . 1. K . A D IV k- ,pf-4 AA. iq ,,x., in 0 X 1 'x

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l S Ol DLR Nl S as sccrmn ol tht YIARBOO hke a snml ar s mn lxst ytar ts 1n Ittempt I0 portray m WO! S and mcturcs thc hummn sldc of llfc at Holderness Your pluccs wyhcre the hfc of thc School goes on are dealt wuth the Schoolhouse the Dorms the Maln Burldmg and thc tovyn ln thcsc four pwragraphs we have tned to complete the plcture snrted by the rest of the book of the Days of Our Years here at School One essentlal feature of thc School athletncs has been omrtted But we feel that sports have been so amply coycrcd rn thenr own sectxon that further descrrptton wrll be unnecessary The Schoolhouse ms of course the most obvnous fea ture of School lrfc for we all come here ostensibly at make thexr sleepy way up the lt ng cement walk and mto the large study hall for Assembly Many tarry on the steps rndustrxously to cram rn that but of his tory they h forgot to do the nrght before or to indulge nn a last mmute bull sessron whrle the Srxth Formers drag thexr mornmg crgarettes rn the space be tween the Schoolhouse and the Gym A mmute be fore the bell rrngs the lorterers file slowly rn but there are always those who forget assembly ns at 8 O5 and haye to make a run for xt A few don t succeed A hymn a prayer announcements and then classes be gm Although one can occasnonally sleep peacefully ln the back row dunng classes many of them are really xnterestmg espectally when a drscussron on the theory of relatrvxty or somethlng equally off the point gets started Eyeryone has a free penod or so at some trme dunng the mormng Such periods are oc casxonally convement txmes to do last mght s home work although rt s more fun to chew gum or see how often one can write letters wnhout bemg caught But really sux periods m a row each of them forty flve rnmutes long wnth only a short recess rn the middle of the mornxng ns qurte a grmd So why shouldnt we have fun when we can? Right after lunch comes the Seventh Perrod a verrtable heaven for such as Lrttle Vrck and P J Smxth for a member of the Sixth Form rs nn charge Only when Eve or sux bra7en souls have DAYQ ' 'Q.'XR. Th '- ' ' 'I K, ' ' 'I .ect . j ' . f . . ' d least. to study. Day after day, year after year, boys ' A v ,,.u 1-. A V Some masters even have classes outdoors An afternoon jazz session

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it 44 Ajie-V,ciir ' Say what happened to Smzlmg Jack todaq' House Party dance rn the Lwmg Room f1FD Supper What part of school lxfe does one remember the most vxvxdly nn later years7 Why ones expenences of course And a great many of these expenences take place m the DOIMIIOIICS Dorm lrfe rs a queer com bmatron of roughhouses bull sessxons Jazz and sleep The roughhouses are lots of fun especxally ln the Sixth Form Dorm Most people are lucky rf they can remam m one prece for more than thrrty seconds Other more pacific groups merely use prllows and mk bottles to chasttse the srnners ln thexr mrdst Of course there are a few mlsgurded mdrvlduals who spend all therr ume prnmng each other s shoulders to the floor or hrttmg people wrth broomstlcks but they are rn the mlnOnty Actually the School rs comparatxvely quiet most of the time but when the hd blows off rt really goes places A bull sessron can be exther a rehef from the tedrum of classes or a sour rerteratron of common grxefs After every vacatxon there are always senes of confabs over ones exploxts wxth the femmme sex Then there are the more senous dlscussrons on people polxtrcs economrcs relrgxon and lxfe m general These come up at the oddest trmes and m the oddest places 3 F' tif' 1 Thanksgzumq dmner rn the dmmq room l l Hungry today, boys P . . . ' , . :I F . . ' . V . . ' . . ' ' 9-3' but they always add something to one's common sf -D ' . -egg? , ' nf' , C 4 , 'P , 1 ,cn 1 Q15 ie Q . ' ' X :av 'eo .Q g 5 e . , 1 , V iff. l l,