Holderness School - Dial Yearbook (Holderness, NH)

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knowledge and experience Here and there among the common herd one finds a sturdy rndrvldualnst who staunchly proclalms that modern jazz rs a much too tnte and overworked form of art Yet few here at School will agree with htm It rs seldom that the blanng brasses do not resound through the halls f our Buckingham Palace rf one dtsregards the hours when such entertamment rs prohrbnted And thus IS just as true ln the other dorms Some prefer boogle woogre others swung but the strams of Tm Pan Alley exert therr soothing charms on almost all of us Thus rather hectxc forced exnstence however does not go on forever for with the mexorable buzzmg of the last bell lnghts go out boys roll m and soon all rs quret Of course the Fxfth Form now has another half hour of grace and the Sxxth Form an hour blessed resprte But at last all are m the mght watchman lantern swrngmg makes hrs solitary rounds the YEARBOOK stai finally finishes the evenmgs work and another day comes The center of campus lxfe naturally us found m Livermore Hall vulgarly known as the mam bunldmg It may be arbxtranly dnvrded rn three sectlons first the top two floors contammg the fourth form mfirmary and lnbrary second the first floor and basement en closmg wrthnn nts confines the smokmg room tele phone plano mall and Mr Wxles office thlrd the rectory source of Cnever to be spoken of dnsrespect stomachs Tea In the upper regrons the Fourth Form that volatxle collectxon of varxous and sundry evxls are bedded down every mght arnvxng at that conclusxon some tune between 10 00 and ll 00 Drrectly below thus combmatxon chamber are two havens the lnbrary for the oppressed nn Study Hall Cno funny magazmes allowed rn Study Hallj and the m Iirmary for those with nmpendmg exams or chrcken x Downstarrs we find the poolroom and the prano whence dnft the sounds of Trxal by Jury and Chns Rlley boogie woogre from Foss fto say nothmg of mynad rmntatnonsl and Charlre Dodges versxon of the School Song There rs too the snlence heard all over the bunldmg of the would be acrobats when they discover that Mr Wrles rs standing ln the doorway On bounds and oh those mournful blues' We dont qo to town everu afternoon 1 7' We aw A' x A QA M15 R211 And where are you gomg my pretty lam sa ' o , 1 1 . n . : 5 .... ' ' W 214. I -7 ' . ' . ' . ' ' : ' 'bfi' If , ' ,,'w,1fl , fi. fullyj that heavenly boon to late Sunday afternoon SEQ. -5.5 1.: ' .51-'ivy' A 1-..,,-xp ,f-'. , 1. 1- t. .-,P . . Q., , . - ' . . jc, ,., '-4. - , . jf., . . ' . ' wa,', ,--W' ' 3 'tf ': - V 1- k - ,.,. , 4 - fi . 1' Z Q ,. ,, N ,A A . . . . K I po . e o . . ' , b. '1 X f l l

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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,

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THE PEMIGEWASSET HOTEL Pls mouth N H Headquarters for HOLDERNESS SCHOOL PARENTS A WIN'1 ER SPORTS CENTER PLYMOUTHS LARGEST AND MOST MODERN HOTEL RATES AND BOORLET ON REQUEST OPEN ALL YEAR , v o o J A 1 1.1 1 r